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Here's your closing bell brief for Friday, July 18th. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. stocks closed mostly lower today, aside from the NASDAQ, which ticked up 10 points to hit

its 11th record high for the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 142 points to close at 44,34,342,

and the S&P stayed about flat, edging down about half a point.

Updates from banks and consumer-focused companies have suggested that the U.S. economy is resilient,

and new survey data from the University of Michigan showed consumer sentiment just hit a five-month

high, but some investors were disappointed by the latest quarterly results.

Elsewhere, President Trump backed away from his threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell,

but still says interest rates should be lower. And today, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said

if he was offered the central bank's top job, he would accept. Powell's term as chair ends next year.

In individual companies trading today, a surge in trading activity last quarter

lifted shares for some brokerages.

Shares of Charles Schwab rose 2.9% after it reported a 60% boost in second quarter

profits.

And shares of interactive brokers rose about 7.8% after it

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