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An intraday percentage gain is defined as the difference between the previous trading session's closing price and the intraday high of the following trading session. The closing percentage change denotes the ultimate percentage change recorded after the corresponding trading session's close.
The Nasdaq-100 is frequently confused with the Nasdaq Composite Index. The latter index (often referred to simply as "The Nasdaq") includes the stock of every company that is listed on Nasdaq (more than 3,000 altogether). [citation needed] The Nasdaq-100 is a modified capitalization-weighted index. This particular methodology was created in ...
Nasdaq Composite 1971–2021, logarithmic scale The Nasdaq Composite index spiked in the late 1990s and then fell sharply as a result of the dot-com bubble. The index was launched in 1971, with a starting value of 100. On July 17, 1995, the index closed above 1,000 for the first time. [8]
The Nasdaq Composite breached 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday after November's inflation data revived momentum into the equity rally. Tech stocks led the way, pushing the index up 1.7%.
US stocks traded mixed on Tuesday, with the tech sector rallying ahead of key earnings reports. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended the day in the green, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq hitting a fresh record.
The broad market index ended the day up 0.1% at 5,572.85, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.28% to 18,403.74. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 31 points lower, or 0.08%, at 39,344.79.
Stock market indices may be categorized by their index weight methodology, or the rules on how stocks are allocated in the index, independent of its stock coverage. For example, the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 Equal Weight each cover the same group of stocks, but the S&P 500 is weighted by market capitalization, while the S&P 500 Equal Weight places equal weight on each constituent.
Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft also closed lower. Meanwhile, weekly jobless claims dropped again last week, falling to 213,000, a 6,000 decline from the week before, according to data released Thursday.