A trading session with significant volatility as the stock market went up for plenty of time but news that further tariffs will be imposed from US to China goods was enough to send the major indices closing at lower levels as a selloff was evident for the majority of stocks. This is the summary for US stock market at close on Thursday August 1 2019:
S&P 500: 2,953.56,-26.82(-0.90%)
Dow 30: 26,583.42,-280.85(-1.05%)
Nasdaq: 8,111.12,-64.30(-0.79%)
Russell 2000: 1,550.76,-23.84(-1.51%)
10-Yr Bond: 1.8940,-0.1270(-6.28%)
Vix: 17.87,+1.75(+10.86%)
Stocks gainers
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (MYGN) was the stock with largest gains closing at $45.01+$15.87 (+54.46%).
MYGN daily stock chart
Stocks losers
Pluralsight, Inc. (PS) was the stock with largest losses closing at $18.56-$12.13 (-39.52%).
PS daily stock chart
Stock investing – Most active stocks
Bank of America Corporation (BAC) was among the most active stocks closing at $29.49-$1.19 (-3.88%).
BAC daily stock chart
U.S. Sectors & Industries Performance
Utilities was the best performing sector +1.01%, Financials was the worst performing sector -2.32%, Source: Fidelity
US stock market earnings today
Some of the companies releasing earnings today are Hennessy Advisors Inc (HNNA), Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM), Sprint Corp (S), Chevron Corp (CVX), Infinity Energy Resources Inc (INFY) and Seagate Technology PLC (STX).
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