The US major indices closing higher and near highs for the 3rd day in a row.

The major US indices are closing higher and near the highs for the day for the 3rd day in a row.

After the close alphabet Q4 results saw a beat on the revenues and earnings per share. They also announced a 20:1 stock split. The price of Alphabet is trading up $137 or 4.98% it $2890.

The closing numbers for the major indices are showing:

• Dow industrial average up 273.38 points or 0.78% at 35405.23
• S&P index up 30.99 points or 0.69% at 4546.53
• NASDAQ index up 106.13 points or 0.75% at 14346.01
• Russell 2000 rose 22.28 points or 1.1% at 2050.74

Some of the big winners included:

• Goodrx up 10.16%
• Netflix, up 7.02%
• Nucor, up 5.99%
• Exxon up 6.81%
• Sophia technology up 6.33%
• AMC entertainment +4.92%

the Dow 30’s biggest winners included:

• Boeing, up 4.06%
• Dow, up 3.47%
• Chevron, +2.64%
• Visa, +2.63%
• Goldman Sachs, +2.63%

The biggest losers in the Dow 30 included

• UnitedHealth -1.01%
• J&J, -0.82%
• Coca-Cola -0.79%
• Microsoft -0.71%
• Cisco -0.54%