How major US stock market indexes fared on Wednesday

NEW YORK – Apple made its biggest jump in six months Wednesday and the Dow Jones industrial average topped 22,000 points for the first time, although most other stocks finished lower.

On Wednesday:

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 1.22 points, or less than 0.1 per cent, to 2,477.57.

The Dow average picked up 52.32 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 22,016.24.

The Nasdaq composite slid 0.29 points to 6,362.65.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks dropped 15.43 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 1,412.90.

For the week:

The S&P 500 is up 5.47 points, or 0.2 per cent.

The Dow is up 185.93 points, or 0.9 per cent.

The Nasdaq is down 12.03 points, or 0.2 per cent.

The Russell 2000 is down 16.36 points, or 1.1 per cent.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is up 238.74 points, or 10.7 per cent.

The Dow is up 2,253.64 points, or 11.4 per cent.

The Nasdaq is up 979.53 points, or 18.2 per cent.

The Russell 2000 is up 55.77 points, or 4.1 per cent.