The bulls continue their stampede through the markets, taking on a mini-rally that is looking to extend the Dow Jones Industrial Average's
As long-term investors, we don't pay much heed to "psychologically important barriers," or, in plain English, "big round numbers." Given that, the S&P 500
Let's take a closer look at how the three major indexes are faring and at several stocks making headlines.
Index |
Gain/Loss |
Gain/Loss % |
Intraday Value |
---|---|---|---|
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 14.68 | 0.11% | 13,190.32 |
Nasdaq |
19.75 | 0.67% | 2,987.65 |
S&P 500 | 6.54 | 0.47% | 1,397.53 |
Source: Yahoo! Finance as of 11a.m. EDT.
Two-thirds of the Dow's components are seeing green, with the biggest gainer currently Cisco
The biggest decliner among Dow components is Hewlett-Packard
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