Thursday was an interesting day for the stock market. Major market benchmarks opened mixed but generally improved over the course of the day. Investors appeared content with the path that the Federal Reserve has chosen with interest rates and are now waiting to see what the holiday season says about the strength of the U.S. economy. The Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC 0.25% ) ,remained in negative territory at the close, but the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC +0.21% ) and Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI +1.34% ) set new record highs.

Earnings continued to be the most important cause of major moves among individual stocks. In the tech stock realm, there were significant movers in both directions. Yet there were also some sizable share-price changes in other sectors of the market.

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