Late: the main stock index was essentially flat

U.S. stocks flat late Thursday. While U.S. economic data released today foes strong, but investors in the stock market record high of more than two years after profit-taking, leading the broader market was slightly callback.

At 15:34 on December 30 EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.82 points to 11,583.56 points, down 0.02%; the Nasdaq composite index rose 1.41 points to 2,668.34 points, down 0.05%; the S & P 500 Index the same number of points with yesterday's close, at 1,259.78 points.

Created in the Dow Wednesday August 28, 2008, after a new high since the close on Thursday, the index fell slightly. Dow component American Express (AXP) fell 0.9%, United Technologies (UTX) down 0.2%, Microsoft (MSFT) fell 0.4%. Among rising stocks, Intel (INTC) rose 0.4%.

Financial and health care sector had the largest decrease.

Economic data side, the U.S. Department of Labor announced in the pre-one weeks ended December 25 initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 3.4 million, to a seasonally adjusted 38.8 million, which is the figure from the first time since July 2008 dropped to under 40 million. Economists on average expect the number of claims for unemployment benefits last week, will reduce the 2,000 people. Previous week's initial jobless claims increased from 42 million previously announced revised slightly to 422,000.