Major US indices close higher led by the Nasdaq index

The major US stock indices pushed to the upside in trading today led by the NASDAQ index.

Looking at the closing levels for the major indices:

  • Dow industrial average rose 0.27% or 139 points to 52492.26
  • S&P index rose 0.81% or 60.93 points to 7543.63
  • NASDAQ index rose 1.30% or 336.24 points to 26206.89
  • Russell 2000 rose 1.22% or 36.15 points to 2291.92

Some of the big winners today included:

  • Arm Holdings (ARM): $328.08, +27.84 (+9.27%)
  • SanDisk (SNDK): $1,858.27, +131.09 (+7.59%)
  • Lam Research (LRCX): $353.17, +20.02 (+6.01%)
  • Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): $546.72, +29.32 (+5.67%)
  • Palo Alto Networks (PANW): $338.33, +17.74 (+5.53%)
  • Alaska Air Group (ALK): $50.14, +2.61 (+5.49%)
  • Western Digital (WDC): $578.05, +27.75 (+5.04%)
  • Marvell Technology (MRVL): $243.27, +11.56 (+4.99%)
  • SoFi Technologies (SOFI): $18.61, +0.88 (+4.94%)
  • Ambarella (AMBA): $78.41, +3.67 (+4.91%)
  • Ciena (CIEN): $462.34, +21.37 (+4.85%)
  • Meta Platforms (META): $631.48, +28.36 (+4.70%)
  • Corning (GLW): $192.38, +8.35 (+4.54%)

Looking at the different sectors of the S&P index, the a scanner was information technology and consumer discretionary

  • Information Technology (S5INFT):+1.61%
  • Consumer Discretionary (S5COND):+1.46%
  • Financials (SPF):+1.02%
  • Communication Services (S5TELS):+0.52%
  • Industrials (S5INDU):+0.37%
  • Materials (S5MATR):+0.33%
  • Real Estate (S5REAS):+0.19%

The declining sectors included:

  • Consumer Staples (S5CONS):-1.75%
  • Energy (SPN):-1.58%
  • Utilities (S5UTIL):-0.55%
  • Health Care (S5HLTH):-0.09%

This article was written by fl932d6e52a19643278e0f123bca7198f5 at investinglive.com.

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