Stock market update for April 30, 2020

Stock market today

At 2:31 PM today, ET time the US stock market is moving lower with all major stock indices having losses, Dow is falling more than 300 points. This is the latest stock market update:

S&P 500: 2,904.79,-34.72(-1.18%)
Dow 30: 24,310.53,-323.33(-1.31%)
Nasdaq: 8,858.48,-56.23(-0.63%)

Russell 2000: 1,315.99,-44.77(-3.29%)
Crude Oil: 17.37,+2.31(+15.34%)
Gold: 1,693.20,-20.20(-1.18%)

Stock market data: Yahoo Finance

Stock market commentary

The stock market today is declining as the latest jobless claims report was worse than expected. 3.8 million persons filed for the unemployment benefits, with the consensus being 3.5 million. Small-cap stocks decline the most after the most outperformance of the Russell 200o index.