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US Indices close the day with modest gains in down and up session.

Major indices rebounds off the lows into the close

The major indices opened modestly higher, moved lower into the midday, and rallied back higher into the close before finding some selling at the bell.   The Nasdaq led the way higher with a gain of 0.28%. The Dow was not far behind with a gain of 0.19%
The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P index rose 1.58 points or 0.04% at 3801.19. The high price reached 3810.78. The low price extended to 3776.51
  • NASDAQ index rose 36 points or 0.28% at 13072.43.  The high price reached 13105.03. The low extended to 12963.91
  • Dow closed up 60 points or 0.19% at 31068.69.  The high price reached 31114.56. The low extended to 30888.76
  • The Russell 2000 mid-cap stocks also close higher with solid gain of 1.63%. The index closed at its highs for the day.

Some of the bigger winners today included:

  • Doordash, +14.96%
  • AirBNB, +8.55%
  • Chewy, +7.3%
  • Uber, +7.25%
  • Corsair, +7.09%
  • General Motors, +6.24%
  • Zoom, +5.65%
  • Ford, +5.11%
  • Lyft, +4.78%
  • Tesla, +4.73%
  • Schlumberger, +4.64%
  • Rite Aid, +3.94%
  • Lam research, +3.86%
  • Goodrx, +3.5%
  • Beyond Meat, +3.3%
  • Intel, +3.28%
  • United Airlines +3.26%
  • Goldman Sachs, +2.79%
Losers today included:
  • Western Digital, -3.28%
  • Intuitive Surgical, -3.12%
  • Boston Scientific, -3.10%
  • Comcast -2.93%
  • Twitter, -2.37%
  • Facebook, -2.32%
  • Merck at -2.27%
  • General Mills, -2.16%
  • AMD, -1.94%
  • Visa, -1.93%
  • Intuit, -1.87%
  • Disney, -1.73%
  • Pfizer, -1.59%
  • Box, -1.57%
  • Morris -1.54%
  • MasterCard, -1.52%
  • Black Knight -1.38%
  • Nike -1.35%
  • McDonald’s -1.23%
  • Nio, -1.21%

Disney boosts Dow into positive territory. The NASDAQ and S&P close lower

Major indices decline for the week

The shares of Disney rose by over 13% and boosted the Dow up by over hundred points alone. That was enough to lift the Dow to a near 50 point gain on the day. However, all the major indices had declines for the week with the S&P leading the way to the downside.

  • S&P posts 3 day losing streak
  • Dow industrial average closes higher for the 1st time in 3 days
  • Russell 2000 has its 6 straight weekly gain as money flows from high cap,to low cap stocks
the final numbers are showing:
  • S&P index fell -4.65 points or -0.13% to 3663.46
  • NASDAQ index fell -27.938 points or -0.23% to 12377.82
  • Dow industrial average rose 46.95 points or 0.16% to 30046.23
for the week:
  • S&P index fell -0.96%
  • NASDAQ index fell -0.69%
  • Dow industrial average fell -0.57%
  • The Russell 2000 gain 0.96% after falling -0.63% today
Some winners today included
  • Disney, +13.59%
  • Goodrx, +9.51%
  • chewy, +9.03%
  • Rackspace, +3.84%
  • Lockheed Martin, +1.78%
  • Microsoft, +1.32%
  • Emerson, +1.3%,
  • Honeywell, +1.25%
Some losers today included:
  • Qualcomm, -7.37%
  • Nio -7.19%
  • Doordash, -6.0%
  • Snowflake, -5.34%
  • American Airlines, -5.17%
  • Corsair, -4.65%
  • Corning, -4.15%
  • Airbnb, -3.93%
Although Doordash and Airbnb make the list of some of the big losers today, their IPOs this week were nothing short of spectacular.
Doordash was priced at $102 and is ending the week at $178.84, while Airbnb was priced at $68 a share and is closing at $139.03.
With all the IPOs being smash before the end of the year, Wall Street is reaping huge rewards. There is no recession there. Meanwhile, there is still no progress on Covid relief today.
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