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The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, [5] is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and includes approximately 80% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies, with an ...
The S&P 500 closed higher on Thursday to end a three-day losing streak. The index was fueled by a surge in Tesla's stock, which closed 22% higher after a strong earnings beat.
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.
The S&P 500 fell 0.6% after failing to retain a gains from an intraday rebound, and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 1.1% to a fresh two-year low. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was an outlier ...
The Dow rallied 683 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose 2.3% and 32.8%, respectively. The S&P 500 enjoyed its best day since 2022, clawing back losses from Monday's big sell-off.
The S&P 500 is perhaps the world’s most well-known stock index. The index contains about 500 of the largest publicly traded companies in the U.S., making it a bellwether for stocks.
The upper cluster has two roughly parallel curvy plots using S&P 500 Monthly $ MAXIMUM values for the upper line and $ MINIMUM values for the lower line 1/1950 to latest on chart. The upper cluster has 2 straight lines a Best Fit Upper, and Best Fit Lower, which in effect represent one line with thickness or separation, value see chart legend.
The stock market gains over the past week-and-a-half have come amid better-than-expected economic data and earnings results, highlighted by July's retail sales data and Walmart's second-quarter ...