THE ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Tomorrow, the Census Bureau will report about construction spending for June. Thursday, the Labor Department will release its initial claims report, and the Census Bureau will report about factory orders for June. Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will reveal the unemployment rate for July.

Friday, the Dow increased 33.76 points (0.15%) to 21,830.31, the NASDAQ decreased 7.51 points (0.12%) to 6,374.68, and the S&P 500 was down 3.32 points (0.13%) at 2,472.10. The Russell 2000 decreased 4.37 points (0.30%) to 1,429.25, and the Wilshire 5000 closed 36.80 points (0.14%) lower at 25,711.99.

The price of the 10-year Treasury note was up 6/32, decreasing its yield to 2.293%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond increased 16/32, bringing its yield down to 2.896%.

WEEK’S WORTH: For the week ending July 28, the Dow increased 1.16%, the NASDAQ was down 0.20%, and the S&P 500 slipped 0.02%. The Russell 2000 decreased 0.46%, and the Wilshire 5000 was essentially unchanged.

ON THIS DATE: In 1498, Christopher Columbus, on his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, arrived at the island of Trinidad. In 1792, the cornerstone of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia was laid. It was the first building to be used only as a U.S. government building. In 1928, MGM’s Leo the lion roared for the first time. He introduced MGM’s first talking picture, “White Shadows on the South Seas.” In 1948, U.S. President Harry Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field. In 1955, Marilyn Bell of Toronto, Canada, at age 17, became the youngest person to swim the English Channel. In 1961, the first tie in All-Star Game major league baseball history was recorded when it was stopped in the 9th inning due to rain at Boston’s Fenway Park. In 1964, the American space probe Ranger 7 transmitted pictures of the moon’s surface. In 1971, astronauts rode in a vehicle on the moon for the first time in a lunar rover vehicle (LRV). In 1989, the Game Boy handheld video game device was released in the U.S. In 1991, U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. In 1995, the Walt Disney Company agreed to acquire Capital Cities/ABC in a $19 billion deal.