The stock market’s advance slowed down on Thursday, but it didn’t stop entirely, and that was enough to make most market participants satisfied with the outcome of the trading session. The same general themes that we’ve seen lead the markets higher replayed themselves today, with hopes for better times ahead. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite were up around 0.5% to 1%.
Today’s stock market
|
Index |
Percentage Change |
Point Change |
|---|---|---|
|
Dow |
+0.43% |
+122 |
|
S&P 500 |
+0.80% |
+27 |
|
Nasdaq Composite |
+0.50% |
+56 |
Data source: Yahoo! Finance.
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