3rd record close in a row for the Nasdaq
The major stock indices are ending with solid gains. The indices were led by the Dow 30 stocks today. That index increased by 1.40%.
The summary shows:
- The S&P index rose by 23.55 points or 0.86% to 2772.35. The index closed at the session high.
- The Nasdaq rose by 51.37 pointe or 0.67% at 7689.42. The close was once again a record. The index has closed at record levels the last three trading days. The high for the day reached 7691.65.
- The Dow rose 346 points or 1.4% at 25146. The index closed at the highs for the day.
For the Dow stocks Boeing led the charge, rising by 3.16%.
Financials also did well today with:
- JP Morgan up 2.34%
- Citigroup up 2.23%
- Morgan Stanley up 2.21%
- Goldman up 1.7%
- Wells Fargo up 2%
Other winners included:
- Tesla up 9.74%
- Gilead up 2.73%
- Caterpillar up 2.26%
- Disney up 1.95%
Laggards today included:
- First Solar (again - it is down from $75 a month ago to $55.53 today). It fell -4.65% today
- Facebook fell -0.83%
- Alphabet (google) fell -0.24%
- Alibaba fell -0.12%
- Amazon fell -0.04%
- Micron was unchanged.
- Nvidia was unchanged
