US stock market weekly update August 5-August 9 2019
A second consecutive week with losses for all 3 major US stock market indices. This is the weekly summary for US stock market:
- Dow Jones Industrial Average: Close 26,287 ,Week -0.7% %, YTD 12.7%
- S&P 500 Index: Close 2,919 , Week -0.5% %, YTD 16.4%
- NASDAQ: Close 7,959 , Week -0.9%, YTD 20.0%
- Source: Bloomberg
US stock market report for Friday August 9 2019
The last trading session for the week of August 5 – August 9 2019 ended with losses for all three major US stock market indices, and mostly for the Nasdaq. This is the summary at close on Friday August 9 2019:
- S&P 500: 2,918.65,-19.44(-0.66%)
- Dow 30: 26,287.44,-90.75(-0.34%)
- Nasdaq: 7,959.14,-80.02(-1.00%)
- Russell 2000: 1,513.04,-19.09(-1.25%)
- 10-Yr Bond: 1.7340,+0.0180(+1.05%)
- Vix: 17.97, +1.06(+6.27%)
Stocks gainers
Appian Corporation (APPN) was the stock with largest gains closing at $51.45+$8.21 (+18.99%).
Stocks losers
Farfetch Limited (FTCH) was the stock with largest losses closing at $10.13-$8.12 (-44.49%.
Stock investing – Most active stocks
Ford Motor Company (F) was among the most active stocks closing at 9.45-0.11 (-1.15%).
U.S. Sectors & Industries Performance
Health Care was the best performing sector +0.18%, Information Technology and Energy were the worst performing sectors -1.25% respectively, Source: Fidelity
Stock market news
- Stocks slump as US-China trade tensions escalate yet again
- Investors who fear recession will miss out on record market gains, long-time bull Ed Yardeni predicts
- Stocks Slip, Bonds Steady Amid Latest Trade Tumult: Markets Wrap
Stock market data
All data about stocks , stock investing is taken from Yahoo finance and stockcharts.com.
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This report is written by Stavros Georgiadis, CFA Equity Research Analyst, Investment Strategist