Major US equity indices close higher for the day and higher for the week. For the trading year, the Dow Industrial Average is still down on the year but the S&P and NASDAQ are positive
A snapshot of the day’s closing levels shows:
- Dow Industrial Average up 132.28 points or 0.41% to 32237.54. At the intraday lows, the index was down -300.08 points
- S&P index up 22.27 points or 0.56% to 3970.98. At the intraday low, the S&P index was down -39.55 points
- NASDAQ index up 36.57 points or 0.31% to 11823.97. The intraday lows reached -116.73 points.
- The Russell 2000 up 14.63 points or 0.85% to 1734.92. The low of the day was down -25.05 points
For the trading week,
- The Dow Industrial Average rose 1.18%
- The S&P index rose 1.39%
- The NASDAQ index rose 1.66%
- Russell 2000 rose 0.52%
For the trading year, the Dow industrial average remains negative, while the S&P index of the NASDAQ index is higher.
- The Dow Industrial Average is down -2.74%
- The S&P index is up 3.42%
- The NASDAQ index is up 12.97%
How have S&P components fared this week? Gains were led by communication services up 3.4 percentage points. Real estate fell by -1.38% and utilities by -1.2%. Despite all the financial worries this week, the financial component rose 0.58%. The regional banks index also rose by 0.18%. This index rose 3.03% today, pushing the price back into positive territory for the week.
- Consumer Discretionary, +0.44%
- Energy +2.29%.
- Basic consumption +1.43%.
- Health +1.49%.
- Industrials +0.67%
- Information technology +2.04%.
- Materials +2.12%.
- Real estate -1.38%.
- Communication services +3.41%.
- Utilities -1.2%.
- Financials +0.58%
For the business year:
- Consumer Discretionary, +9.65%
- Energy -11.05%
- Basic consumption -2.28%
- Health -6.38%.
- Industrials -1.31%
- IT +17.49%
- Materials -1.13%
- Real Estate -3.92%
- Communication services 18.46%
- Utilities -6.87%
- Financials -9.43%
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