Stock Market News October 1 2019

US stock market overview for October 1 2019. Selling pressure for stocks sent all the major stock market indices closing lower with significant losses. This is the summary for US stock market at close on Tuesday, October 1, 2019:

• S&P 500: 2,940.25,-36.49(-1.23%)
• Dow 30: 26,573.04,-343.79(-1.28%)
• Nasdaq: 7,908.68,-90.65(-1.13%)
• Russell 2000: 1,493.43,-29.94(-1.97%)

Stocks biggest gainers

Banco de Sabadell, S.A. (BNDSF) was among stocks biggest gainers closing at $0.9664+$0.1064 (+12.37%).

Stocks biggest losers

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (AMTD) was among stocks biggest losers closing at $34.67-$12.03 (-25.76%).

Stock investing – Most active stocks

General Electric Company (GE) was among the most active stocks closing at $8.61-$0.33 (-3.69%).

U.S. Sectors & Industries Performance

Consumer Staples was the best performing sector -o.28%, Industrials was the worst performing sector -2.40%.

Stock market data

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.