Nasdaq leads the way

The major US indices are ending the session with gains, but off the highs.

  • The S&P index is closing up 8.11 points or 0.28% at 2914.08. The high reached 2927.22. The low extended to 2909.27
  • The Nasdaq index is closing up 51.6 points or 0.65% at 8041.97 . The high reached 8071.55. The low extended to 8017.91
  • The Dow is closing up 56.96 points or 0.22% at 26442.24. The high reached 26557.01. The low extended to 26379.95

Some winners today include:

  • Apple rose 2.06%
  • Amazon rose 1.93%
  • Micron rose 1.44%
  • Twitter rose 1.38%
  • AMD rose 1.24%
  • Gilead rose 1.23%
  • Alphabet rose 1.20%
  • Facebook rose 1.13%
  • Celegene rose 1.08%

Some losers include:

  • Tencent fell -121%
  • PNC fell -0.92%
  • United Continental fell -0.71%
  • Tesla fell -0.67%
  • Bank of America fell -0.63%
  • Wells Fargo fell -0.62%
  • Goldman fell -0.49%
  • Caterpillar felll -0.48%
  • JP Morgan fell -0.43%

After hours teh SEC has charged Elon Musk and Tesla with fraud. The price is trading down -18.76 or -6.28% on the day at $289.