NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 ended flat on Thursday, with gains in Microsoft, Monsanto and Exxon offsetting a tumble in Apple to a two-year low, but the Nasdaq fell, weighed by the iPhone maker.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 9.38 points, or 0.05 percent, to 17,720.5, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 0.35 points, or 0.02 percent, to 2,064.11 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 23.35 points, or 0.49 percent, to 4,737.33.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
