Yesterday, the Dow was up 27.13 points (0.10%) at 27,359.16, the NASDAQ increased 14.04 points (0.17%) to 8,258.19, and the S&P 500 was virtually unchanged at 3,014.30. The Russell 2000 decreased 8.18 points (0.52%) to 1,561.82, and the Wilshire 5000 was down 6.57 points (0.02%) at 30,978.36.

The price of the 10-year Treasury note was up 3/32, decreasing its yield to 2.090%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond increased 31/32, bringing its yield down to 2.608%.

ON THIS DATE: In 1779, American troops under General Anthony Wayne captured Stony Point, New York. In 1790, the District of Columbia, or Washington, D.C., was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government. In 1862, David G. Farragut became the first rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. In 1935, Oklahoma City became the first city in the U.S. to install parking meters. In 1945, the United States detonated the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, New Mexico. In 1951, J.D. Salinger’s novel “The Catcher in the Rye” was first published. In 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, and began the first manned mission to land on the moon. In 1981, after 23 years with the name Datsun, executives of Nissan changed the name of its cars to Nissan. In 2009, in Chicago, Sears Tower was renamed Willis Tower.