The markets split in early morning trading, with The Dow taking the high road and the Nasdaq and S&P opting for the low road. But by the end of the day the S&P clawed back to virtually neutral. Here's the final scoring for the day:
|
Gain / Loss |
Gain / Loss % |
Ending Value |
---|---|---|---|
Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI ) |
+96.5 |
+0.76 |
12,720.48 |
Nasdaq |
-1.63 |
(-.06%) |
2,786.70 |
S&P 500 |
+0.88 |
+0.07% |
1,315.38 |
What's interesting about today's performance is that the Dow greatly outpaced the competition, yet the index components were evenly split between winners and losers for the day. What this means is there were some big winners that did all the heavy lifting -- let's see who they were.
Tech reigns supreme
IBM
Microsoft
Rounding out the top for winners today are tech giants (seeing a trend?) Hewlett Packard and Intel
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