Market Week

A strong labor report and solid earnings data from megatech companies helped drive stocks higher last week.

Stocks closed higher last week, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq reaching record highs.

Wall Street closed the holiday-shortened week generally higher, with each of the benchmark indexes listed here posting gains, except for the Russell 2000 and the Global Dow.

Wall Street saw stocks close higher last week, despite dampening hopes of an interest rate reduction.

The Markets (as of market close January 5, 2024) After pulling off a surprisingly strong rally in the fourth quarter of 2023, the stock market took a tumble during the first week of the new year. All five of the indexes listed here ended lower, with the Russell 2000...

The markets closed out last week and the year with gains, despite losing steam at the end of the week.

Stocks notched their eighth straight week of gains heading into the holiday-shortened week.

Last week saw stocks rally after the Federal Reserve policy statement released last Wednesday suggested no more interest rate hikes, while predicting rate cuts in 2024.

The first week of December saw stocks close higher.

The markets continued to flourish last week. Investors were not deterred by a warning from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that interest rate hikes may not be over, and it is premature to speculate when rate decreases will begin.