Stock market today: Indexes close at record highs and tech soars after Fed rate cut
Indexes rallied Thursday, with tech stocks leading the Nasdaq to rise 2.5% as investors continued to digest Wednesday's jumbo rate cut from the Fed.
Stock Market Today: Dow finishes above 42,000 for first time in history after Fed's big rate cut
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was leading the other two major U.S. stock-market indexes higher. The Nasdaq was up 467 points, or 2.7%, near 18,043, according to FactSet data. If those gains hold, the Nasdaq would log its best daily gain since it rose 2.
Stock Market Today: Dow Gains 522 Points in Fed-Fueled Session
The blue chip index closed above the psychologically significant 42,000 level for the first time ever Thursday.
S&P 500, Dow hit record highs after Fed cuts rates. What it means for your 401(k).
Good news for those building up their 401(k)s: the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 closed at record highs after the Fed's rate cuts.
Stock Market Today: Dow scores new record close as expectations grow for jumbo rate cut
U.S. stocks ended mixed on Monday, as traders’ expectations for the Federal Reserve to deliver a 50-basis-point rate cut on Wednesday continued to grow. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 228.30 points or 0.
What impact will the Federal Reserve's rate cut have on stocks?
"The markets were crossing their fingers for a larger cut." The decision by the Fed's policy-setting committee to cut interest rates for the first time since March 2020 was prefaced by an unusual amount of market uncertainty as to how much the central bank would lower its benchmark rate from a two-decade high of 5.
US stocks dip despite larger Fed interest rate cut
Wall Street stocks dipped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced a half a percentage-point interest rate cut and its chair promised a "careful" approach to lowering rates following progress in
Stock Market Today: Dow surges 650 points to record territory after Fed's big rate cut
Bonds issued by the so-called Magnificent Seven group of big tech companies perked up Thursday, after the Federal Reserve delivered a 50 basis-point interest-rate cut that will lower their interest costs.
US Stocks End Modestly Lower After Big Fed Interest Rate Cut
Wall Street stocks finished modestly lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced an interest rate cut of half a percentage point, ending days of speculation about the size of the move.
U.S. Stock Futures Jump on Fed's Big Rate cut
Pre-market futures are feeling themselves this morning. We’d just passed the crucible of the “higher for longer” term of interest rates from the Fed — a series of sometimes significant rate hikes from March 2022 through July 2023,
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