S&P falls 0.82% on the day. Nasdaq down -0.75%

April is in the books and for the major indices, they were in the black, but not by much.

For the day,

  • The S&P index fell -21.82 points or -0.82% to 2648.09
  • The NASDAQ index fell -53.53 points or -0.75% to 7066.27
  • The Dow fell -147.9 points or -0.61% to 24163.29

For the month:

  • The S&P index rose 0.27%
  • The NASDAQ composite index rose 0.04%
  • The Dow rose 0.25%

Year to date for the major indices, the Nasdaq is the only index in the black:

  • The S&P index is down -0.96%
  • The NASDAQ is up to 2.36%
  • The S&P is down -0.96%

Gainers today included:

  • McDonald's, +5.75%. The reported strong earnings today
  • Twitter, +4.52%
  • Apple, +1.81%. Apple reports earnings tomorrow after the close.
  • MasterCard, +1.35%
  • Walmart +1.35%
  • Disney, +1.13%

Losers today included:

  • First Solar tumble -9.03%
  • Celgene fell -4.47% on a negative report
  • Micron fell -3.24%
  • Microsoft fell -2.4%
  • Delta air fell -2.37%
  • Gilead fell -2.21%
  • Boeing fell -2.12%
  • Intel fell -2.11%