Dow has 3rd 200 point gain in 2018 (Really!)
The Dow is closing up over 200 points today. That is the 3rd time this year that the Dow has had a 200 point gain in a day. This is only the 9th trading day of the year.
The S&P and Nasdaq closed a record levels. Each have been up 8 of 9 trading days.
- The S&P is ending up 18.67 points or 0.67% at 2786.23. The high reach 2787.85. The low extended to 2769.64
- The NASDAQ closed at 49.28 points or +0.68% at 7261.06. The high reach 7265.26. the low was at 7205.18
- The Dow industrial average closed up 228.46 points or 0.9% at 25803.19. The five extended to 25810.43. The low was at 25633.08
For the week/for 2018:
- The S&P indexes of 1.57%. Year to date is up 4.21%.
- The Nasdaq is up 1.74%. Year to date it is up 5.18%
- The Dow is up 2.01%. Year to date is up 4.39%.
The overachievers and trading today are broad and in many sectors.
- Apple up 1.03%
- Alphabet up 1.51%
- Microsoft up 1.7%
- Citigroup up 1.72%
- J.P. Morgan up 1.65%
- Netflix up 1.84%
- Amazon up 2.23%
- Twitter up 4.37%
- Celgene up 1.36%
- Boeing up 2.48%
- Disney of 1.32%
- Morgan Stanley up 1.68%
- Cisco up 1.92%
- Charles Schwab up 2.23%
- Bank of America up 1.7%
- Delta Airlines up 2.26%
- United Continental up 2.52%
The underachievers today included:
- Nvidia -0.59%
- Alibaba -0.52%
- Tesla -0.51%
- First Solar -3.75%
- intuitive surgical -0.55%
- Facebook -4.47%
Overall what a day. What a week.
