Stock market news

A rally for the US stock market after the recent sell-off sent all major stock market indices higher. This is the summary for US stock market at close on Tuesday, January 28, 2020:

How stock market closed on Tuesday, January 28, 2020-Financial and business news

• S&P 500: 3,276.24,+32.61(+1.01%)
• Dow 30: 28,722.85,+187.05(+0.66%)
• Nasdaq: 9,269.68,+130.37(+1.43%)
• Russell 2000: 1,658.31,-3.92(-0.24%)

Stocks biggest gainers

Acceleron Pharma Inc. (XLRN) was among stocks biggest gainers closing at 79.39+26.52 (+50.16%).

Stocks biggest losers

Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (VIR) was among stocks biggest losers closing at
21.31-3.47 (-13.99%).

Stock investing | Stock trading | Most active stocks

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) was among most active stocks closing at 38.14-2.02 (-5.03%).

U.S. Sectors & Industries Performance

Information Technology was the best performing sector +1.87%, Consumer Staples was the worst performing sector +0.12%.

Stock earnings

Notable earnings today include Dow components Boeing (BA), McDonald’s (MCD), Facebook (FB), Microsoft (MSFT), Tesla (TSLA), Anthem (ANTM), AT&T (T), Dow (DOW), Mastercard (MA), Mondelez (MDLZ), PayPal (PYPL).

Stock market update

All data about stocks , stock investing, stock trading is taken from Yahoo Finance, Fidelity and stockcharts.com.

This report is written by Stavros Georgiadis, CFA Equity Research Analyst, Investment Strategist.