Markets Right Now: Stocks close mixed on Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local):
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U.S. stocks closed mixed Thursday after two straight days of gains. Chemical makers and banks slid while utilities and phone companies gained.
Monsanto fell nearly 2 percent and Dow Chemical fell 1.7 percent. The chemical sector had gotten a boost earlier in the week on news of a potential sale of Monsanto to Germany’s Bayer.
Discount retailer Dollar Tree rose 13 percent after it raise