The New York stock market showed mixed performance on the 21st (Korea time) in the afternoon, amid military tensions surrounding the United States and Iran. While the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite and the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 indices rose, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined slightly, leaving major indices moving in different directions.

The status of major U.S. stock indices as of 10:36 p.m. on the 21st was as follows.

■ Dow Jones Industrial Average: 52,438.56, down 33.33 points (0.06%) from the previous session. It moved between 52,462.55 and 52,711.93 during the session, hovering in slightly negative territory.

■ S&P 500 index: 7,723.11, up 15.29 points (0.20%) from the previous session. It recorded an intraday high of 7,738.61 and a low of 7,727.86.

■ NASDAQ Composite index: 26,538.11, up 132.17 points (0.50%) from the previous session. It posted an intraday high of 26,612.68 and a low of 26,556.99.

■ Russell 2000 index: 2,783.05, up 12.88 points (0.46%) from the previous session. It marked an intraday high of 2,788.55 and a low of 2,786.30.

However, the current S&P 500 and NASDAQ figures shown on the provided screen are lower than the intraday lows indicated for each, suggesting there may be a difference in the timing of data updates, and further verification of the detailed figures is needed.

Comparing the day's index performance, the NASDAQ posted the largest gain, followed by the Russell 2000 index, which centers on small- and mid-cap stocks. The S&P 500 also stayed in positive territory, while the Dow declined slightly. In effect, large-cap blue chips, tech stocks, and small- and mid-cap stocks showed divergent price movements.

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