Up 5 of the last 6 sessions. Russell 2000 index outperforms again
The major indices are closing up for the 5th time in 6 days. The gains are led by the the small cap Russell index for the 2nd day in a row. The index was up 1.78% yesterday. Today that index rose by an additional 1.5%.
The final numbers are showing:
- The S&P index rose 24.72 points or 0.97% at 2574.41
- The Nasdaq index rose 73.52 points or 1.08% at 6897.00
- The Dow rose 256.10 or 1.09% at 23787.45.
Some of the big winners on the day included:
- Square, +3.79%
- Nucor, +3.41%
- Boeing, +3.77%
- Facebook, +3.25%
- Verizon, +2.89%
- Alibaba, +2.63%
- chipotle Mexican Grill, +2.47%
- Intuit, +2.4%
- Johnson & Johnson, +2.34%
- PayPal, +2.04%
- Walgreens, +2.0%
- Apple, +1.91%
Some of the bigger losers on the day include:
- Nvidia, -2.49%
- United Continental, -1.02%
- Delta Airlines, -0.81%
- Broadcom, 0.8%
- micron, -0.76%
- Gilead, -0.69%
- Morgan Stanley, -0.62%
- Goldman Sachs, -0.37%
- Citigroup, -0.25%