August 23, 2019
US stock market report August 22 2019
A mixed trading session for the US stock market as S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed lower but Dow 30 had moderate gains. This is the summary for the US stock market at close on Thursday August 22 2019:
- S&P 500: 2,922.95,-1.48(-0.05%)
- Dow 30: 26,252.24,+49.51(+0.19%)
- Nasdaq: 7,991.39,-28.82(-0.36%)
- Russell 2000: 1,506.00,-3.85(-0.25%)
- 10-Yr Bond: 1.6100,+0.0330(+2.09%)
- Vix: 16.68,+0.88(+5.57%)
Stocks gainers
Samsonite International S.A. (SMSEY) was the stock with largest gains closing at $10.72+$1.60 (+17.54%).
Stocks losers
Alfa, S. A. B. de C. V. (ALFFF) was the stock with largest losses closing at $0.7501-$0.1122 (-13.01%).
Stock investing – Most active stocks
Ambev S.A. (ABEV) was among the most active stocks closing at $4.5900-$0.0600 (-1.29%).
U.S. Sectors & Industries Performance
Financials was the best performing sector +0.62%, Materials was the worst performing sector -0.70%, Source: Fidelity.
US stock market earnings today
Some of the companies releasing earnings today are
Ability Inc (ABIL), Foot Locker Inc (FL), USA Technologies Inc (USATP) and Meredith Corp (MDP).
Stock market news
- Stocks Rise With U.S. Yields Before Powell Speech: Markets Wrap
- Dow rises slightly ahead of big speech from the Fed chief
- Fed Chief Jerome Powell Faces Huge Jackson Hole Test As Hawkish Fed Comments Hit Stock Market
Stock market data
All data about stocks , stock investing is taken from Yahoo finance and stockcharts.com.
This report is written by Stavros Georgiadis, CFA Equity Research Analyst, Investment Strategist.
