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Major indices close lower for the second time in three trading days

  
Analysis, US Market

Nvidia and Cisco earnings after the close

The major indices are closing lower for the second time in three days. Energy, financials, materials lead the declines. Nvidia and Cisco on tap to release earnings after the close.

The final numbers are showing:
  • Dow industrial average -211.17 points or -0.58% at 35931.04
  • S&P index -12.21 points or -0.26% at 4688.70
  • NASDAQ index -52.27 points or -0.33% at 15921.58
  • Russell 2000 index is down – -28.02 points or -1.16% at 2377.00
The sector winners include:
  • real estate, +0.65%
  • discretionary +0.59%
  • healthcare +0.17%
  • utilities +0.14%
The sector losers include:
  • energy, -1.74%
  • financials -1.11%
  • materials -0.63%
  • industrials -0.56%

Major indices close higher on the day. S&P closes just below record close

  
Analysis, US Market

Major indices all closed higher led by the NASDAQ index

The major indices closed higher on the day

  • NASDAQ leads the way with a 0.76% gain
  • Dow industrial average trades up as much as 229 points at the highs. Closed up 57 points
  • S&P and NASDAQ up three of the last four trading days
  • S&P closes just below record closing level

The closing levels are showing:

  • Dow industrial average rose 54.77 points or 0.15% at 36142.21
  • S&P index rose 18.1 points or 0.39% at 4700.91. The high close level is 4701.69.
  • NASDAQ index rose 120.02 points or 0.76% at 15973.87. The index is closing within 0.32% of a new all-time closing level (at 16024.78)

NASDAQ and Dow close lower. S&P trades near unchanged

  
Analysis, US Market

Dow industrial average down for the fourth time in five days

The major indices are closing lower in the day after giving up earlier gains.

  • Dow industrial average was up 135.76 points at the high
  • S&P was up 14.25 points at the high
  • NASDAQ index was up 57.6 points at the high
  • NASDAQ index snapped a two day win streak
  • S&P closes fractionally lower and also snapped its two day win streak
  • Dow  closes lower for the fourth time in five sessions
  • The S&P is closing within 1% of its all-time high
The final numbers are showing:
  • Dow industrial average -12.86 points or -0.04% at 36087.44
  • S&P index – 0.03 points or 0.00% at 4682.82
  • NASDAQ index fell -7.10 points or -0.04% at 15853.86
Overall, the changes for the day are marginal.  Last week, the major indices close lower after five weeks of gains.

Major US indices rebound, but still close lower for the week

  
Analysis, US Market

NASDAQ index leads the way

The major US indices are rebounding today and closing near session highs. The solid gains also cut into the losses for the week. However major indices still closed lower for the first time in six trading weeks.
  • The Dow industrial snapped a three day losing streak
  • S&P and NASDAQ closed up for the second straight day
  • S&P index closed within 1% of its all-time high
  • Dow, S&P and NASDAQ snapped a five week win streak
  • S&P has its best day in more than two weeks
A look at the final numbers shows:
  • Dow industrial average close up 179.06 points or 0.5% at 36100.32
  • S&P index rose 33.57 points or 0.72%
  • NASDAQ index rose 156.69 points or 1.0% at 15860.97
  • Russell 2000 rose 2.63 points or 0.11% at 2411.78
looking at the major sectors, the biggest winners include:
  • Communications services rose 1.68%
  • Technology rose 1.19%
  • Industrials rose 0.81%
  • materials rose 0.71%
The biggest lagging sectors include:
  • Energy fel -0.25%
  • Utilities fell -0.19%
  • Consumer staples rose 0.01%
  • Real estate rose 0.06%
For the trading week, the major indices close lower
  • Dow industrial average -0.69%
  • S&P index -0.39%
  • NASDAQ index -0.79%
  • Russell 2000-0.97%

Mixed results for the major indices today

  
Analysis, US Market

Dow industrial average down for the third consecutive day

The US major indices are ending with mixed results. The Dow industrial average was the worst performer thanks to a sharp decline in Disney shares. The S&P is closing modestly higher while the NASDAQ index had decent gains, but is closing well off the highs:
  • S&P and NASDAQ snapped a two day decline
  • Dow industrial average has fallen for three consecutive days
  • Major indices on pace for a down week for the first time after five consecutive weekly rises
  • The Russell 2000 led the way with a 0.82% gain
the final numbers are showing:
  • Dow industrial average -158.7 points or -0.44% at 35921.24
  • S&P index rose 2.56 points or 0.06% at 4649.27
  • NASDAQ index rose 81.58 points or 0.52% at 15704.28
  • Russell 2000-19.56 points or 0.82% at 2409.14
Looking at the different sectors of the S&P index, the winners included:
  • materials +0.85%
  • technology +0.53%
  • energy +0.31%
  • financials +0.31%
The losers today included:
  • utilities -0.75%
  • communication services -0.47%
  • industrials -0.42%
  • discretionary -0.25%

US major indices close lower. Snap win streaks.

  
Analysis, US Market

Major indices move lower

The major US indices are closing lower and in the process are snapping some pretty long win streaks.
Highlights today:
  • The S&P snaps a 8 day win streak
  • The Nasdaq snaps a 11 day win streak
  • Nasdaq had its worse day in 2 weeks.
Tesla shares fell -$139.44 or -12% on the day.   Paypal was also a big loser today falling -$24 or -10.46%.
The final numbers are showing:
  • Dow down -112.26 points or -0.31% at 36319.97
  • S&P down -1.643 points or -0.35% at 4685.28
  • Nasdaq down -95.80 points or -0.60% at 15886.55
After the close, Coinbase earnings came out and missed. The stock is down nearly 10% in extended hours trading.
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