Monday, 19 April 2021: US equity markets booked another round of record closing highs to end the week
Apr 18, 2021 ·
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US equity markets booked another round of record closing highs to end the week – Dow up +165-points or +0.48% to 34,200.67 and a record closing high after crossing the...
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US equity markets booked another round of record closing highs to end the week – Dow up +165-points or +0.48% to 34,200.67 and a record closing high after crossing the 34,000 threshold for the first time in the previous session. Boeing Co fell -1.17% after the planemaker said that the potential electrical problem that prompted airlines to remove dozens of 737 MAX jets from service last week affects more areas of the aircraft's flight deck than previously known. The broader S&P500 rose +0.36% to 4,185.47. Real Estate (up +1.95%), Health Care (+1.74%), Materials (+1.18%) and Utilities (+1.11%) all rose over >1% to lead ten of the eleven of the primary sectors higher. Energy (down -0.90%) Information Technology (-0.03%) were the only primary sectors to close in the red. UBS Wealth Management increased their year end S&P 500 target to 4,400. The Nasdaq added +0.10% to 14,052.34 the second highest close ever for the technology centric index. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 index rose +0.25%. For the week, the Dow rose +1.18% and S&P500 +1.37%, with both indices logging their fourth straight weekly advance. The Nasdaq gained +1.09% to log its third straight weekly advance.
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