Stock market today April 15, 2020

US stock market today

After the rally yesterday, today the US stock market closed lower with Dow losing more than 400 points. This is how the major stock indexes closed today:

S&P 500: 2,783.36,-62.70(-2.20%)
Dow 30: 23,504.35,-445.41(-1.86%)
Nasdaq: 8,393.18,-122.56(-1.44%)
Russell 2000: 1,183.98,-53.36(-4.31%)

Stock market data: Yahoo Finance

Retail sales and manufacturing data released today show the negative impact of the coronavirus to the US economy.

Stocks most actives

General Electric Company (GE) stock was among the most active stocks today with a stock price of 6.50-0.43 (-6.20%). Airlines stocks were very active. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) stock closed at 24.35-0.19 (-0.77%) and American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) stock closed at 12.29+0.35 (+2.89%).

Bonds

The 10-Yr Bond yield at the close was at 0.6380,-0.1140(-15.16%) and the
Vix index at 40.84,+3.08(+8.16%). The rally for bonds today is indicative of the sentiment towards safety. We wrote about the stocks and their current price levels yesterday in our stock market commentary.

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