Indices close near the highs for the day
The US stock markets are closed for the day. All 3 major indices close higher on the day led by the NASDAQ index.
Highlights for the day include
- Dow’s close positive for 2020
- Major indices close at the highest level since September 2
- Dow enjoys its best week in 2 months
- NASDAQ leads the charge higher today, this week
- S&P NASDAQ best weeks in more than 3 months
- Major indices close higher for the 3rd consecutive day
- S&P closed at 3% below the all-time high
The final numbers are showing:
- S&P index rose 30.30 points or 0.8% the 3477.13
- NASDAQ index rose 158.96 points or 1.39% at 11579.94
- Dow industrial average closed up 161.39 points or 0.57% at 28586.90
For the week, each of the indices enjoy gains of over 3.25% led by the NASDAQ index:
- S&P index rose 3.84%
- NASDAQ index rose 4.56%
- Dow industrial average increase by 3.27%
Year-to-date the NASDAQ still outperforms by a substantial amount:
- S&P index up 7.63%
- NASDAQ index up 29.06%
- Dow industrial average up 0.17%
This article was originally published by Forexlive.com. Read the original article here.