InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate S&P 500 closes nominally higher amid COVID-19 spikes, muted data By financialnews_rlv83x - June 18, 2020 0 40 The S&P 500 and the Dow were largely unchanged on Thursday as investors stayed on the sidelines amid an uptick in coronavirus infections in parts of the United States and an elevated level of weekly jobless claims.