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US stocks close sharply higher, led by Nasdaq/Russell 2000
Major indexes close sharply higher, led by the Nasdaq and the small-cap Russell 2000 index.
The final figures show:
- The Dow Industrial Average rose 322.37 points or 0.85% to 38,225.67
- S&P rose 45.79 points or +0.91% to 5,064.19
- The Nasdaq rose 235.48 points or 1.51% to 15,840.96
The Russell 2000 small-cap index rose 35.88 points or 1.81% in 2016.11.
Today’s big winners and losers include:
- Modern, +13.05%
- Qualcomm, +9.74%
- Alibaba, +6.43%
- Boeing, +4.29%
- Nvidia, +3.34%
- Super microcomputers, +3.28%
- Amazon, +3.20%
- Southwest Airlines, +2.92%.
The losers included:
- Door Shot -10.32%
- Exxon, -2.77%
- Northrup Grumman, -2.39%
- Papa John’s, -1.99%
- Biogenic, -1.21%
- Western Digital, -1.12%
- Living Nation, -1.11%
Other large cap names:
- Metaplatforms, +0.57%
- Alphabet +1.68%
- Microsoft +0.73%
- Apple (before profits) +2.20%
- Netflix, +2.44%
- Tesla, unchanged
This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.
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