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Major US indices close higher for the 3rd consecutive day

  
Analysis, US Market

The major US stock indices are closing higher for the 3rd consecutive day. The gains are led by the Dow industrial average also the pattern for the 3rd consecutive day. The rise in stocks ignored the tumble in the crypto assets:

  • Bitcoin is trading down -11.24%
  • Ethereum is trading down -17.2%
  • Doge is down -21.95%
  • FTT is down -77.5%

Over the stock markets 3 day rally the:

  • Dow has increased 3.68%.
  • The S&P is up 2.91%.
  • The NASDAQ index is up 2.64%.

Looking at today’s moves, the final numbers are showing:

  • Dow industrial average up 333.83 points or 1.02% at 33160.82
  • S&P index up 21.31 points or 0.56% at 3828.10
  • NASDAQ index up 51.69 points or 0.49% at 10616.21
  • Russell 2000 marginally lower today at -0.881 points or -0.05% at 1808.92

The big contributors to the Dow rise today came from:

  • Amgen, +5.55%
  • Boeing +3.01%
  • American Express +2.18%
  • Verizon +1.8%
  • Salesforce +1.76%

The biggest losers in the Dow today were:

  • Walgreens -0.78%
  • Walt Disney -0.49%
  • Chevron -0.13%

US major indices close higher. Gains led by the Dow 30 (again)

  
Analysis, US Market

The major US indices are closing higher for the 2nd consecutive trading day. The gains are being led by the Dow 30, also for the 2nd consecutive day.

Within the Dow, the top 5 gainers were:

  • Walgreens, 4.05%
  • Salesforce 3.46%
  • Boeing 3.03%
  • Amgen 3.01%
  • Microsoft 2.96%

There were 3 Dow stocks which ended negative on the day

  • Nike -2.51%
  • 3M -0.14%
  • Verizon -0.11%

The gains in the major indices come despite a rise in the short term rates including the 2 year yield which is up about 7 basis points.

Although the yields are higher, the US dollar is moving lower and that help the stock tone today.

The greenback fell sharply vs the GBP (-1.23%), the EUR (-0.60%) and the CHF (-0.47%). The dollar was only up vs the greenback CAD.

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The final numbers are showing:

  • Dow industrial average up 423.59 points or 1.31% at 32827101
  • S&P index up 36.33 points or 0.96% at 3806.88
  • NASDAQ index +89.28 points or 0.85% at 10564.53
  • Russell 2000 9.943 points or 0.55% at 1809.809
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