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The Dow Jones Industrial Average led gains, adding 0.3% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 added more than 0.1%. For the year, all three major averages are up double digits.
Nasdaq composite: 19,511.23, up 2.45%. 10-year Treasury yield : 4.647%, down 14 basis points. Investors are largely expecting the Federal Reserve to pause its rate-cutting cycle this month.
The Dow rose just 15 points to narrowly break a 10-day losing streak, its worst in 50 years. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dipped again, with attention turning to Friday's PCE report.
However, as a whole throughout the Great Depression, the Dow posted some of its worst performances, for a negative return during most of the 1930s for new and old stock market investors. For the decade, the Dow Jones average was down from 248.48 at the beginning of 1930, to a stable level of 150.24 at the end of 1939, a loss of about 40%. [49]
The S&P 500 rose 0.6% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4%. Friday was an abbreviated trading day, with stocks closing at 1 p.m. ET and the bond market an hour later.
The multiplier for the Dow Jones is 5, essentially meaning that Dow Futures are working on 5-1 leverage. If the Dow Futures are trading at 10,000, a single futures contract would have a market value of $50,000. For every 1 point the Dow Jones Industrial Average fluctuates, the Dow Futures contract will increase or decrease $5.
Stock market today: US stocks end higher to hit a 4-month winning streak as soft landing hopes rise. ... Dow Jones Industrial Average: 41,563.08, up 0.55% (+228.03 points) Nasdaq composite: ...
21 After peaking on February 12, 2020, the Dow Jones rapidly fell into correction later that same month and into bear market territory in the next month amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 22 This was the fastest 1,000 point gain taking only 5 trading days from closing above 32,000 to close above 33,000.