Major stock indexes are climbing toward all-time highs, but trading activity has slumped
About 6.
2 billion shares a day changed hands last week on NYSE and Nasdaq exchanges, the lowest weekly average volume figure since the end of August, according to Dow Jones Market Data. It marked just the second time since the start of September that the weekly average came in below 6.5 billion shares.
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