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US Market : Record close for the major indices

  
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Dow toys with extending above 29,000, but stalls just short of the level today

The major US stock indices are closing once again at record highs.  The down industrial average toyed with the idea of breaking the 29,000 level. The index moved above the 28,000 level on November November 15. The high price today reached 29,988.01 before backing off.
The closing levels are showing:
  • S&P index up 21.66 points or 0.67% to 3274.71. That is just off the high price of 3275.58. The low reached 3263.67.
  • NASDAQ index rose 74.184 points or 0.81% to 9203.42. The high price reached 9215.95. The low extended to 9158.504
  • Dow rose 212.08 points or 0.74% to 28957.12. The high reached 28988.01. The low extended to 28844.31.
Some big winners today included:
  • Beyond Meat, +10.84%
  • Chewy, +2.97%
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb, +2.47%
  • AMD, +2.36%
  • Apple, +2.16%
  • Goldman Sachs, +2.05%
  • Starbucks, +1.82%
  • Coca-Cola, +1.79%
  • Alibaba, +1.79%
  • American express, +1.79%
  • Costco, +1.60%
  • Boeing, +1.52%
  • Home Depot, +1.51%
  • Microsoft, +1.22%
  • McDonald’s, +1.21%
Some losers today included:
  • under armor, -3.09%
  • Slack, -2.4%
  • Walgreens boots, -2.08%
  • Tesla, -2.08%
  • AT&T, -1.5%
  • Verizon, -1.47%
  • General Mills, -1.15%
  • Netflix, -1.05%
  • DuPont, -0.91%
  • Lam research -0.78%
  • Broadcom, -0.76%
  • Walt Disney, -0.47%
  • Cisco, -0.42%
  • micron, -0.35%
  • Caterpillar, -0.25%
  • Wells Fargo, -0.17%
  • Southwest Airlines, -0.13%

US major indices close mixed/a little changed

  
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The S&P squeezes out a new record high. The Dow just misses

The US major indices are closing the session mixed/little changed after a down and up session.
Although little changed, the major indices did stage a comeback from much lower levels intraday.
The final provisional closes are showing:
  • the S&P index +2.69 points or 0.09% at 3096.73. The high reached 3098.20. The low extended to 3083.26. The close was good enough for a new all-time record
  • The Nasdaq index lagged a bit behind. It close down -3.081 points or -0.04% at 8479.02. Its high price reached 8485 .35. The low extended to 8441.582. The NASDAQ has failed to make new highs for 2 consecutive days
  • The Dow closed down -1.63 points at 27781. 96. The high reached 27800.71. The low extended to 27676.97. The Dow close at a record yesterday. So the small decline today kept the index from a new record.

Below is a look at the % high, low and close for the North American and European major indices.  The major indices in the US close near session highs and well off session lows.

The S&P squeezes out a new record high. The Dow just misses

US stocks close near session highs for the day

  
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Nasdaq up 1.30%.  S&P up 1.08%

The US stocks are closing not far off the highs for the day, with the Nasdaq leading the way higher. Ever sector in the S&P was higher.  Dow closes higher for the 4th time in 5 sesssions.
The final numbers are showing:
  • The S&P index closed up 31.51 points or 1.08% at 2937.78
  • The Nasdaq index closed up 102.72 points or 1.30% at 7976.87
  • The Dow index closed up 237.45 points or 0.91% at 26355.42
The % changes and ranges are outlined below. Yesterday, the indexes in US and Europe traded below the 0% line for all of the day. Today, the major indices all traded above the 0.0% line alll day.   All indices opened higher and traded higher.
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