India, July 9 -- Wall Street was cautious as the ongoing tension between the United States and Iran made investors nervous although the Dow Jones failed to make a move forward, technology shares drove the broader rally that allowed the Nasdaq and S&P 500 to end positive. Investors were keeping an eye out for further clues from oil prices and Fed policies among others.

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Dow Jones Industrials was only able to gain 54.51 points (0.10%) on the session amid a lack of strength in the blue chip stocks. The decline in shares of Alphabet, IBM and Microsoft offset the rise seen in Cisco Systems, Goldman Sachs and Caterpillar.

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