All three major indexes closed higher today. The Nasdaq closed higher for the fourth straight day. Each of those days marked a new record close. The S&P also rose for the fourth straight day, with three of those closings marking new record highs.
A screenshot of the final levels shows:
- The Dow Industrial Average rose 67.87 points, or 0.17%, to 39,375.86.
- The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 30.19 points, or 0.55%, to 5,567.20 points.
- The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 164.46 points, or 0.90%, to 18,352.76.
The Russell 2000 small-cap index was down -9.89 points, or -0.49%, at 2,026.72.
For the trading week:
- Dow Industrial Average +0.66%
- S&P +1.95%
- The Nasdaq rose 3.5%.
- Russell 2000-1.02%
For the business year:
- Dow Industrial Average 4.47%
- S&P +16.72%
- Nasdaq +22.26%
- The Russell 2000 is unchanged this year.
Some of today’s record highs included Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, and Apple.
Tesla shares closed higher for the seventh straight day. During the trading week, the shares rose 27.12%. During the trading year, Netflix erased all its losses and rose 1.22% on a yearly basis. At the session low this year, the price fell -109.68 points, or -43%.
Compared to the other six of the Magnificent Seven
- Nvidia shares rose 1.85%, and are up 154.09% this year.
- Meta Platforms shares are up 7.08%, and are up 52.53% this year.
- Amazon shares are up 3.49%, and are up 31.63% this year.
- Alphabet shares rose 4.64%, and are up 36.44% this year.
- Apple shares are up 7.46%, and up 17.56% this year.
- Microsoft shares are up 4.61%, and are up 24.34% this year.
Netflix shares closed just below their record closing high of $691.69 on November 17, 2021. Today’s closing level was $690.65, up 2.34% on the week.
Oracle shares closed up 2.57%, and are up 37.37% for the year.
