April 1, 2020
US stock market news
The US stock market closed lower on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Dow Jones closed lower more than 400 points. At the close the stock indexes were at:
S&P 500: 2,584.59,-42.06(-1.60%)
Dow 30: 21,917.16,-410.32(-1.84%)
Nasdaq: 7,700.10,-74.05(-0.95%)
Russell 2000: 1,153.10,-5.21(-0.45%)
US stock market statistics
“Dow closes out the worst first quarter in history: March 31, 2020. The Dow recorded its worst start to a year in history, down 23.2% for the quarter.
The S&P 500 logged its worst quarter since the final three months of 2008, down 20%.
The Nasdaq recorded its worst quarter since the final months of 2018, falling 14.2%.”
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/business/live-news/stock-market-news-today-033120/index.html
Stocks gainers
Hess Midstream LP (HESM) was among stock gainers with a stock price at the close of 10.16+1.94 (+23.60%).
Stocks losers
New Residential Investment Corp. (NRZ) was among stock losers with a stock price at the close of 5.01-0.96 (-16.08%).
Stock investing | Stock trading | Most active stocks
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) was among the most active stocks with a stock price at the close of 45.48-2.38 (-4.97%).
Stock Market, U.S. Sectors & Industries Performance
Energy was the best performing sector +1.63%, Utilities were the worst-performing sector -4.02%.
Source: https://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/goto/markets_sectors/landing.jhtml
Economic news
Today important economic news include the ADP’s private sector employment report and the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing data.
Stock market update
All data about the stock market, stocks, stock investing, stock trading is taken from Yahoo Finance, Fidelity, and stockcharts.com.
