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Launched by the Standard Statistics Company in 1926 as the successor to its 1923 233-stock weekly index, the Composite Stock Index was a daily 90-stock index that preceded the S&P 500. Following continual daily closure records from 17.66 in December 1927 to 31.71 in August 1929, the Wall Street crash of 1929 began a trend of daily closure ...
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 chosen USD base is for clarity not on the S&P 500 value so that the graph isn’t drawn over it. It is interesting to note that the GDP graph % slope greatly underperforms the S&P 500 % slope and the Debt graph % slope somewhat matches the S&P 500 slope. Gold is included as an interesting aside and $ per ounce Y scale is valid. End
The S&P 500 rose touched a record above 6,100 during the session, but ended shy of all-time closing highs. Oracle, SoftBank, and chip stocks jumped on a new AI infrastructure announced by Trump on ...
The Dow surged by 743 points, or 1.9%, closing at a fresh all-time high and notching its best daily percentage gain since June 2023. The S&P 500 gained 0.6%, closing at a record high, and the ...
The S&P 500 has been red-hot during the past two years.In both 2023 and 2024, the index rose by about 24%. That's well above its long-term average of about 10% per year. Many stocks are trading at ...
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 ...
Looking back to October 2022 -- the beginning of the current market rally -- the S&P 500 has generated returns of 63%. If history holds true, the current bull market has much more to give. ^SPX Chart