Nasdaq Reaches New Record Closing High But Dow Moves Lower
29 Outubro 2024 - 5:44PM
IH Market News
The major U.S. stock indexes all moved higher during trading on
Monday but returned to the mixed performance seen to close out the
previous week on Tuesday.
While the tech-heavy Nasdaq showed a notable advance to reach a
new record closing high, the Dow closed lower for the sixth time in
the past seven sessions.
The Nasdaq climbed 145.56 points or 0.8 percent to 18,712.75,
extending its winning streak to four days. The S&P 500 also
rose 9.40 points or 0.2 percent to 5,832.92, but the Dow fell
154.52 points or 0.4 percent to 42,233.05.
The climb by the Nasdaq came ahead of the release of earnings
news from big-name tech companies, with Google parent Alphabet
(NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) among the
companies reporting their quarterly results after the close of
today’s trading.
Tech giants Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), Microsoft
(NASDAQ:MSFT), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are
also due to release their quarterly results in the coming days.
Semiconductor stocks showed a particularly strong move to the
upside, driving the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index up by 2.3
percent.
Significant strength was also visible among networking stocks,
as reflected by the 1.7 percent gain posted by the NYSE Arca
Networking Index.
Gold and software stocks also saw notable strength on the day,
while airline stocks moved sharply lower, dragging the NYSE Arca
Airline Index down by 3.6 percent.
Shares of JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) plummeted after the airline
reported better than expected third quarter results but forecast a
decrease in fourth quarter revenue.
Housing stocks also saw substantial weakness, with the
Philadelphia Housing Sector Index plunging by 2.3 percent.
Homebuilder D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) posted a steep loss after
reporting fiscal fourth quarter results that missed estimates and
providing disappointing guidance.
The decrease by the Dow came amid significant losses by Home
Depot (HD), Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and Travelers (NYSE:TRV).
In U.S. economic news, the Conference Board released a report
showing a substantial improvement by U.S. consumer confidence in
the month of October.
The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index surged
to 108.7 in October after tumbling to a revised 99.2 in
September.
Economists had expected the consumer confidence index to inch up
to 99.1 from the 98.7 originally reported for the previous
month.
A separate report released by the Labor Department showed job
openings in the U.S. fell to 7.44 million in September from a
downwardly revised 7.86 million in August.
Economists had expected job openings to edge down to 7.99
million from the 8.04 million originally reported for the previous
month.
Other Markets
In overseas trading, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific
region moved mostly higher on Tuesday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index
advanced by 0.8 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose by
0.3, although China’s Shanghai Composite Index bucked the uptrend
and slumped by 1.1 percent.
Meanwhile, the major European markets all moved to the downside
on the day. While the U.K.’s FTSE 100 Index slid by 0.8 percent,
the French CAC 40 Index fell by 0.6 percent and the German DAX
Index dipped by 0.3 percent.
In the bond market, treasuries recovered from early weakness to
end the day roughly flat. As a result, the yield on the benchmark
ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, edged down by
less than a basis point to 4.274 percent after hitting a
three-month intraday high of 4.339 percent.
Looking Ahead
Trading on Wednesday may be impacted by reaction to the latest
earnings news as well as reports on private sector employment,
third quarter GDP and pending home sales.
SOURCE: RTTNEWS
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