How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 7/29/2024
U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed close ahead of a week full of earnings reports from Wall Street’s most influential companies and a Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates
U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed close ahead of a week full of earnings reports from Wall Street’s most influential companies and a Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates.
The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Monday, coming off its first back-to-back weekly losses since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.1%. ON Semiconductor led the market after delivering stronger profit than analysts expected.
Reports from Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Meta Platforms will follow later this week. So will a meeting by the Federal Reserve, where officials may hint that a rate cut will arrive in September.
On Monday:
The S&P 500 rose 4.44 points, or 0.1%, to 5,463.54.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 49.41 points, or 0.1%, to 40,539.93.
The Nasdaq composite rose 12.32 points, or 0.1%, to 17,370.20.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 24.74 points, or 1.1%, to 2,235.33.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 693.71 points, or 14.5%.
The Dow is up 2,850.39 points, or 7.6%.
The Nasdaq is up 2,358.85 points, or 15.7%.
The Russell 2000 is up 208.26 points, or 10.3%.
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