Money | stock market Dow Jones Fails to Reach 20K Thursday Thanks to retailers losing ground By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Dec 22, 2016 3:11 PM CST Copied Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Stocks are ending slightly lower on Wall Street as a number of retailers lose ground, the AP reports. Bed Bath & Beyond slumped 9% Thursday after reporting weak results, while Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba is down after US regulators again sanctioned the company for sales of counterfeit goods. Software company Red Hat plunged 14% after reporting weak results. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 23 points, or 0.1%, to 19,918. The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 4 points, or 0.2%, at 2,260. The Nasdaq composite fell 24 points, or 0.4%, to 5,447. Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.55%. Read These Next Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. Musk says his new party is in business. Iraq's national game of deception brings out the best bluffers. See the best BBQ cities in the US. Report an error