Stock market today August 4, 2020

Stock market today

The US stock market today closed higher, tech stocks underperformed and small-cap stocks outperformed. Dow gained more than 160 points, Nasdaq gained about 38 points. This is the latest stock market update today at the close.

S&P 500: 3,306.51,+11.90(+0.36%)
Dow 30: 26,828.47,+164.07(+0.62%)
Nasdaq: 10,941.17,+38.37(+0.35%)
Russell 2000: 1,515.50,+8.70(+0.58%)

Stock market news today

“Factory orders in the US rose 6.2% in June following a 7.7% rise in May, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, in a signal of the manufacturing sector’s recovery before coronavirus cases resurged in some parts of the country. Consensus economists expected a 5% rise in June, according to Bloomberg data.

Despite the rise, however, orders for new US-made products remained below levels from February, before the pandemic hit.”

Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-news-live-august-4-2020-221909768.html

Commodities

At 4:13 PM, ET time today the crude oil was higher more than 1% and gold price was higher than 2%, above the 2,000 level.

Crude Oil: 41.57,+0.56(+1.37%)
Gold: 2,031.70,+45.40(+2.29%)

Bonds

At 4:16 PM, ET time the 10-yr bond yield was lower more than 8% at 0.5150,
-0.0480(-8.53%)

Stock market data:

Yahoo Finance