Wasnt as bad as many feared, since its historically one of the worst performing months. The dow rose 55 points. Nasdaq climbed 60, the s p 500 added 14. For the month, all three indexes were higher, but it was the mo for the dow and the s p. Dominic chu has more. It was supposed to be a terrible mon was suggesting, but august turned out n expected. The major u. S. Stom indices ended up higher with the nasdaq kensho,site leading the way, over the last 20 year, august e s p falling an average of almost 1. 5 for the no month. This large stock index got a mix from different sectors Like Technology and more defensive areas like utilities really h p helping lead the charge. Meanwhile, telecom and Energy Related stocks r were among the biggest drags, but one theme continues to play out in 2017. And was reenforced in august as well. And thats the outperformance of higher growth oriented stocks over value stocks. As for whats on tap for september, recent history prints a less optimistic picture