October 11, 2024 15:46 GMT
US STOCKS: S&P Eminis, DJIA Mark New All-Time Highs
US STOCKS
- US stocks traded stronger early Friday, S&P Eminis and the DJIA indexes marking new all-time-highs of 5,865.25 and 42,832.21 respectively, while the Nasdaq still remains off mid-July all-time highs (18,671.07). Mixed PPI results notwithstanding, month-over-month metrics eased while year-over-year gained, focus turned to corporate earnings with banks leading gainers in the first half.
- Currently, the Dow trades 374.16 points (0.88%) at 42826.25, S&P E-Minis up 31.75 points (0.54%) at 5860.75, Nasdaq up 55.5 points (0.3%) at 18334.88.
- Beating estimates ahead of the open, Wells Fargo surged 5.78%, JP Morgan +5.03%, Blackrock +3.32% and Bank of NY Mellon +1.68% in the first half. Gains helped Bank of America +5.25% ahead of their release next Tuesday, Citigroup +3.94%, Goldman Sachs +2.53%.
- Industrials were next up, supported by transportation stocks with Uber climbing 9.21% after Tesla's "Robotaxi" presentation failed to wow investors. Elsewhere, Old Dominion gained 2.6% while JB Hunt climbed 2.21%.
- Laggers meanwhile, were led by Consumer Discretionary and Information Technology sectors as they scaled back gains from the week. Tesla weighed on autos (7.89%) on the aforementioned Robotaxi fell flat while Nike slipped 0.62%. Meanwhile, Broadcom -2.43%, Adobe -0.75% and IBM -0.74% weighed onm the IT sector.
192 words