Weekly US stock market report for July 22-26 2019

US stock market weekly update July 22-July 26 2019

All major US stock market indices ended the week of July 22-July 26 2019 with gains. This is the weekly update for US stock market:

• Dow Jones Industrial Average : Close at 27,192, +0.1% for the week, +16.6% YTD
• S&P 500 Index : Close at 3,026, +1.7% for the week, +20.7% YTD
• NASDAQ : Close at 8,330, +2.3% for the week, +25.5% YTD
• Source: Bloomberg

Technology stocks, equities are leading in gains in 2019.

US stock market report for Friday July 26 2019

The last day of the week July 22-July 26 2019 ended with gains for the US stock market, with Nasdaq Composite making a new 52-week high at 8,339.64, and S&P 500 also making a new 52-week high at 3,027.98.This is the summary at close on Friday July 26 2019:

• S&P 500: 3,025.86,+22.19(+0.74%)
• Dow 30: 27,192.45,+51.47(+0.19%)
• Nasdaq: 8,330.21,+91.67(+1.11%)
• Russell 2000: 1,578.97,+17.52(+1.12%)
• 10-Yr Bond: 2.0810,+0.0070(+0.34%)
• Vix: 12.16,-0.58(-4.55%)

Stocks gainers

eHealth, Inc. (EHTH) was the stock with largest gains closing at
$108.40+$22.92 (+26.81%).

Stocks losers

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (MMSI) was the stock with largest losses closing at $41.00-$13.84 (-25.24%).

Stock investing – Most active stocks

Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) was among the most active stocks closing at $41.52+$3.40 (+8.92%).

U.S. Sectors & Industries Performance

Communication Services was the sector with best performance +3.25%, Energy had the worst performance for a secong consecutive day, Source: Fidelity

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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