US stocks edged higher on Monday after the S&P 500 index notched a historic close, as investors prepared for the first key inflation update of the year and the next wave of earnings reports. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.3% after a record-setting week that saw the benchmark end above 5,000 for the first time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) gained around 0.5%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq (^IXIC) rose about 0.3%. Shares of chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) rose 2% to hit another record on Monday…. Source link
Read More »Stocks steady after S&P 500’s landmark close
US stocks opened trading little changed on Monday after the S&P 500 index notched a historic close, as investors prepared for the first key inflation update of the year and the next wave of earnings reports. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) clung to the flatline following a record-setting week that saw the benchmark end above 5,000 for the first time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was steady, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq (^IXIC) rose about 0.2%. Stocks have gained as the market embraces a clutch… Source link
Read More »Stocks rise after S&P 500’s worst week since March 2020
U.S. stocks rose Tuesday as traders returned from a long weekend, with equities recouping some losses following the S&P 500’s worst week since March 2020. The S&P 500 advanced by 2.45% in its best day in three weeks, ending at 3,764.84 and recovering some declines after plunging by 5.8% last week. The Nasdaq Composite gained 2.5% to end at 11,069.30, and the Dow added more than 643 points, or 2.2%, to end at 30,531.77 and post its best single-day gain since May 4. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) rose back… Source link
Read More »What history says about S&P 500’s performance after its craters
History shows it has paid off to buy stocks after major plunges. An investor buying the S&P 500 (^GSPC) 10% below its high, regardless of whether it was the trough, would have netted a median return of 15% over the next 12 months, according to new research going back to 1950 from Goldman Sachs (GS) strategist David Kostin. Kostin notes there have been 33 S&P 500 corrections of 10% or more since 1950. The median episode has lasted roughly 5 months and encompassed a peak-to-trough decline of… Source link
Read More »Stock futures extend gains after S&P 500’s best day in seven weeks
Stock futures opened higher Thursday evening to hold gains after a recovery rally, with an initial wave of concerns over the economic impacts of the Omicron variant at least temporarily easing. Contracts on the S&P 500 advanced. The blue-chip index closed higher by 1.4% during the regular session, marking its biggest jump since Oct. 14 Thursday. The Dow and Nasdaq each also advanced. Volatility from earlier this week retreated, and the CBOE Volatility index (^VIX) dipped 10% to below 28. And… Source link
Read More »Stock futures drift lower after S&P 500’s eighth straight record close
Stock futures opened flat to slightly lower Monday evening after yet another record-setting session on Wall Street. Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked down. The blue-chip index closed out an eighth straight day of gains on Monday, or its longest winning streak since 2017, to notch a fresh record high and close above the 4,700 threshold for the first time ever. Both the Dow and Nasdaq Composite also eked out record-setting gains. Equity investors rode an extended wave of optimism over solid… Source link
Read More »Stock futures edge up after S&P 500’s best day since March
Stock futures opened slightly higher to extend gains after a rally on Wall Street, with stronger-than-expected earnings and economic data helping lift the S&P 500 by the most in seven months. Shares of big bank stocks including Bank of America (BAC), Citi (C) and Morgan Stanley (MS) steadied during the after-hours session. Each of these stocks had jumped earlier, after these banks posted much stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings results. Peer banking titan Goldman Sachs (GS) is… Source link
Read More »Stock futures steady after S&P 500’s best day since July
Stock futures held onto gains after equities’ best day since July, with the major indexes looking to shake off earlier volatility and end the week on a high note. The S&P 500 paced toward a weekly gain of 0.4% as of Thursday’s close. Equity investors have managed to look past concerns over China Evergrande’s debt crisis, uncertainty over monetary and fiscal policy and ongoing debates in Washington over the debt ceiling to trade higher. Cyclical stocks including the industrials, energy and… Source link
Read More »Stock futures extend declines after S&P 500’s worst day in a month
Stock futures opened lower Tuesday evening to extend declines after a steep drop earlier in the day, after a weaker-than-expected print on U.S. retail sales called into question the strength of the ongoing economic recovery. Contracts on the S&P 500 dipped. The index dropped 0.7% during the regular trading day on Tuesday to end a five-session winning streak and post its biggest decline in a month. Cyclical and reopening stocks including cruise lines and airlines sold off, and the small-cap… Source link
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