S&P fails on 2nd try above 3000 but still closes at a record.
The US stocks are ending the session mixed.
- The Dow closed up 227.74 points or 0.85% at 27088. The index breached the 27,000 level for the first time ever and makes the close a record
- The S&P index closed up 6.82 points for 0.23% at 2999.89. That was good enought to take out the record close of 2995.82. A bit of a disappointment is that the high today could not take out the high from yesterday at 3002.88, and the index failed to close above the 3000 level.
- The Nasdaq was the laggard today, c closing down -6.488 points or -0.08% at 8196.04. Yesterday, the index closed at record high levels of 8202.53.
Helping the Dow 30 index today was:
- UnitedHealth, +5.54%
- Goldman Sachs, +2.59%
- 3M, +2.0%
- Boeing, +1.92%
- Home Depot, +1.57%
- Bank of America, +1.17%
- Caterpillar, +0.98%
- Nike, +0.96%
- J.P. Morgan, +0.96%
Hurting the Dow today included:
- Merck &Company, -4.53%
- Pfizer, -2.43%
- J&J, -0.79%
- Apple, -0.73%
- Travelers, -0.57%
- DowDuPont, -0.23%
- Verizon, -0.18%
- McDonald’s, -0.14%
- Chevron, -0.1%