S&P and NASDAQ snap four-day winning streak. Dow up for the 5th consecutive day

The S&P and the broader NASDAQ snapped 4-day winning streaks, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its streak to 5-days. UnitedHealth is up 7.27% today and was responsible for more than 200 points of the Dow’s gains today. The Dow Jones index closed up 113.89 points.

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  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 113.89 points, or 0.33%, at 34,509.04.
  • The Standard & Poor’s Index fell -4.64 points, or -0.10%, to 4,505.41.
  • The Nasdaq fell -24.88 points, or -0.18%, to 14,113.69.

The Russell 2000 Small Cap Index fell -19.80 points, or -1.01%, at 1931.08.

Today’s winning sectors are led by:

  • healthcare, +1.5%
  • consumer goods + 0.35%
  • Consumer discretion, +0.27%

Today’s lagging sectors included:

  • Energy -2.75%
  • Financial -0.68%, and
  • Telecom Services, -0.62%

The top Dow stocks this week included:

  • Sales Force + 9.42%
  • 3M +5.15%
  • Home Depot +4.55%
  • Caterpillar was 4.27%

Among the dow’s laggards this week:

  • Verizon -5.21%
  • Travelers -3.33%
  • Merck -1.5%
  • Cisco -1.20%

A look at the major indices this week showed gains across the board:

  • The Dow Industrial Average rose 2.29%.
  • The S&P rose 2.42%
  • The Nasdaq rose 3.32%.
  • Russell 2000 rose 3.56%
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