NPR News: 12-16-2024 6PM EST

186.841 - 212.745 Janine Herbst

Wall Street in mixed territory by the closing bell. The Dow was down 110 points. The Nasdaq up 247. That's up 1.2 percent. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in Parliament, triggering the dissolution of Parliament and rare early elections, putting an end to his fractured government, just as Europe's biggest economy is faltering.