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February 2, 1998: The S&P 500 index reaches 1,000 points, closing at 1001.27. March 24, 2000: The S&P 500 index reaches an all-time intraday high of 1552.87 during the dot-com bubble. It hit this level again on July 13, 2007. October 9, 2007: The index closes at a record high of 1565.15, the highest prior to the financial crisis of 2007–2008 ...
The S&P 500 posted a record high close on Friday for the first time in two years, fueled by a rally in chipmakers and other heavyweight technology stocks on optimism around artificial intelligence.
The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high on Friday as investors returned to buying equities in force following a short-lived market stumble to start the new year.. The broad market index rose 1.23% ...
Major indexes ended the day higher, with the S&P 500 rising past 6,100 for the first time ever during Wednesday's session. The benchmark index closed just shy of it's all-time closing high of ...
On Monday, March 4, 1957, the index was expanded to its current extent of 500 companies and was renamed the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index. [1] In 1962, Ultronic Systems became the compiler of the S&P indices including the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index, the 425 Stock Industrial Index, the 50 Stock Utility Index, and the 25 Stock Rail Index. [20]
While the S&P 500 was first introduced in 1923, it wasn't until 1957 when the stock market index was formally recognized, thus some of the following records may not be known by sources. [ 1 ] Largest daily percentage gains [ 2 ]
The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average index also hit a new high, adding 1.1% to close at 47,863.83. After a rocky start to the year, the S&P 500 has found its footing and is up about 1.5% in ...
Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq post best day since Nov. 6 on cooling inflation and bank earnings ... The broad S&P 500 index closed up 1.83% to 5,949.91; the blue-chip Dow rose 703.27 points, or 1.65%, to ...