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US Indices add to their gains. Nasdaq/S&P close at record levels

  
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S&P just misses making a new all time intraday high today (short by $0.19)

The US stocks are closing up for the 3rd day in a row.
The NASDAQ index is closing at a session high and reached an intraday all-time high of 9574.936.
The S&P index reached a high price of 3337.58. That was just short of the all-time high price of 3337.77. So it was just short of that level. However, it is closing at an all-time record high taking out the previous high from January 17 at 3329.62.
The Dow is still below its all-time high, but it was the biggest mover today.
The levels at the close are showing:
  • S&P index +37.13 points or 1.13% at 3334.71
  • Nasdaq index +40.71 points or 0.43% at 9508.68
  • Dow up 483.09 points or 1.68% at 29290.73
Big winners for the day included:
  • Chubb, +7.06% the
  • Unitedhealth, +5.31%
  • IBM, +4.85%
  • Exxon Mobil, +4.64%
  • Emerson, +3.85%
  • United Airlines, +3.7%
  • Boeing, +3.66%
  • Bank of America, +3.24%
  • 3M, +3.21%
  • Chevron, +3.21%
  • travelers, +3.14%
  • Citigroup, +3.08%
  • Caterpillar, +2.89%
  • Intel, +2.89%
  • DuPont, +2.64%
  • Charles Schwab, +2.48%
  • General Dynamics, +2.47%
Losers today the included:
  • Tesla, -17.04%
  • Ford Motor, -9.54%
  • Lyft, -3.82%
  • Chipotle, -3.5%
  • Square, -3.07%
  • Walt Disney, -2.35%
  • Gilead, -2.28%
  • Twitter, -1.77%
  • Chewy, -1.65%
  • AliBaba, -1.21%
  • Starbucks, -0.93%
  • Amazon, -0.52%
  • Tencent, -0.45%

NASDAQ index closes at a record today and up 2.10%

  
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S&P and NASDAQ also advance nicely

The NASDAQ composite index is closing at a record level today and rose by 2.10%.  Although the S&P and Dow lagged but still rose by about 1.5%.
The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P index up 48.66 points or 1.5% at 3297.59
  • Nasdaq rose 194.57 points or 2.10% at 9467.97
  • Dow rose 407.82 points or 1.44% at 28807.63
Big gainers for the day included:
  • Tesla, +13.55% however after reaching a high of $968.85, the stock did lose ground into the close and is ending at $886
  • Slack, +10.87%
  • United Airlines, +5.37%
  • First Solar, +4.84%
  • Alibaba, +4.57%
  • Beyond Meat, +4.19%
  • Tencent, +3.67%
  • Delta Air Lines, +3.35%
  • Apple, +3.29%
  • Microsoft, +3.29%
  • Micron, +3.2%
  • Charles Schwab, +3.15%
  • Netflix, +3.06%
  • Caterpillar +2.9%
Losers on the day included:
  • Chewy, -3.05%
  • Alphabet, -2.51%
  • General Mills, -0.83%
  • Northrop Grumman, -0.53%
  • McDonald’s, -0.21%

Solid recovery day for the US stock indices, but Dow and S&P lag

  
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NASDAQ composite index leads the way with a 1.34% gain

The US stock market had a solid recovery today especially in the NASDAQ index. That index rose 1.34% on the day. On Friday the NASDAQ index fell by -1.59%. The S&P and Dow indices both lagged, however.
The final numbers for the major indices are showin:
  • S&P index +23.4 points or 0.73% at 3248.92. The index fell by -1.77% on Friday. The high today reached 3268.44. The low extended to 3235.66
  • Nasdaq index rose 122.46 points or 1.34% at 9273.40. The high price reached 9299.85. The low extended to 9188.55
  • Dow rose 143.78 points or 0.51% at 28399.83. The high reached 28630.39. The low extended to 28319.65
In after hours trading alphabet reported
  • revenues of $46.08 billion versus estimates of $46.94 billion
  • earnings-per-share came in at $15.35 versus $12.53
The current shares are trading down -2.2% at $1450.05
Major indices in the US close higher but off the highs levels

Stocks end ugly as weekend coronavirus fears can’t slow the slide

  
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Dow down -600 points/-2.09%

The US stocks end an ugly day near the lows for the day. The Dow industrial average fell by over 600 points/2%. It was the worst day since August 23.  Moreover the Dow ended the month lower for the 1st time in 5 months. For the S&P it had their worst day since October 2 . The Dow ended the month lower for the 1st time in 5 months.  The S&P and NASDAQ had their worst start to the year in 5 years.  You get the picture.
The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P fell -58.14 points or -1.77% to 3225.52
  • Nasdaq fell -148 points or -1.59% to 9150.94
  • Dow fell -603.41 points or -2.09% to 28256.03.
For the month, the Nasdaq did still and positive for the month, but the S&P and Dow closed the month lower.
  • S&P, -0.16%
  • Nasdaq, +1.99%
  • Dow, -0.99%
In Europe today the major indices also closed near session lows. On what happened and Portugal but the PSI 20 did peek out a gain for the day.
Dow down -600 points/-2.09%

AMZN is AMZG

  
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Earnings come in 60% over expectations

AMZN is AMZG!
The earnings for Amazon were AMAZING.
  • EPS $6.47 versus $4.11 estimate
  • sales came in at $87.4 billion were assessment of $86.17 billion
  • Amazon sees 1st quarter net sales of $69.0 billion to $73.0 billion versus estimate of $71.56 billion
  • Amazon’s fourth-quarter AWS net sales $9.95  billion estimate $9.89 billion
The price of Amazon is currently trading up $195 or 10.44% to $2068 in after hours trading.
Amazon is amazing (at least today’s earnings were)

US major indices close at session highs. Reverse near 1% declines

  
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Up and down session but by the end, the bulls prevail

The major US indices are ending the day near session highs and higher on the day. It took nearly all day to get back in the black. At the lows, the S&P index was down -0.93% the low, the NASDAQ index was down -0.97%, and the Dow industrial average was down -0.85%.
At the close, the final numbers show:
  • S&P index it is closing up 10.17 points or 0.31% at 3283.57
  • NASDAQ index is closing up 23.77 points or 0.26% at 9298.93
  • Dow industrial average it is closing up 123.8 points or 0.43% at 28858.25
The European markets did not fare as well. The German DAX fell by -1.41%. The France’s CAC fell by 1.4%.
Below are the percentage ranges for the major European and US indices along with the closing percentage change levels.
Up and down session but by the end, the bulls prevail_
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