Stocks ended mostly higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average snapping a five-day winning streak as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite booked another round of records a day after the Federal Reserve announced its plans to begin tapering bond purchases and investors turned their attention to jobs data. The Dow DJIA, -0.09% shed around 33 points, or 0.1%, to close near 36,124, according to preliminary figures. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.42% advanced around 20 points, or 0.4%, to end near 4,680, while the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.81% rose around 129 points, or 0.8%, to finish near 15,940.
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