Breaking How major US stock indexes fared Friday
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Breaking The S&P 500 ticked greater to discontinuance at one other all-time excessive Friday, powered by strength for skills shares and better-than-anticipated stories on the U.S. economy
August 21, 2020, 8: 47 PM
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Expertise companies as soon as extra helped prop up an in any other case wobbly day on Wall Avenue Friday, as a anecdote-breaking however wishy-washy week of buying and selling came to a discontinuance.
The S&P 500 climbed to its 2d all-time excessive this week, even though most shares in the index had been weaker.
On Friday:
The S&P 500 rose 11.65 sides, or 0.3%, to 3,397.16.
The Dow Jones Industrial Common acquired 190.60 sides, or 0.7%, to 27,930.33.
The Nasdaq composite picked up 46.85 sides, or 0.4%, to 11,311.80.
The Russell 2000 index of tiny firm shares misplaced 11.83 sides, or 0.8%, to 1,552.48.
For the week:
The S&P 500 rose 24.31 sides, or 0.7%.
The Dow fell 0.69 sides, or 0.0%.
The Nasdaq acquired 292.50 sides, or 2.7%.
The Russell 2000 misplaced 25.40 sides, or 1.6%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 166.38 sides, or 5.2%.
The Dow is down 608.11 sides, or 2.1%.
The Nasdaq is up 2,339.20 sides, or 26.1%.
The Russell 2000 is down 115.99 sides, or 7%.