The major US stock indices
Indices
Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track
Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track
Read this Term are ending the day lower. The Dow Industrial Average is closing down (only 0.03% but still lower) for the 5th consecutive day. In the month of May, the Dow was only up one day (last Friday).
The final numbers are showing:
For the trading week, the Dow and S&P are ending lower. The Nasdaq was up marginally:
- Dow industrial average fell -1.11%
- S&P index fell -0.29%
- NASDAQ index rose 0.4%
- Russell 2000 fell -1.08%
Looking at some of the big cap stocks this week:
- Alphabet surged 11.31%
- Microsoft fell -0.54%
- Apple fell -0.61%
- Nvidia fell -1.19%
- Meta rose 0.442%
- Amazon rose 4.35%
- Disney tumbled -8.45%
- Tesla felt -1.22%
The regional banks were under pressure this week:
- KRE ETF (regional bank ETF), -5.16%
- PacWest Bancorp, -21.01%
- Western alliance Bancorp, +1.14%
- First Horizon Corp, -11.61%
- Zion Bank -5.6%
- Citizens financial group -6.20%
