Stock market today
A higher close for the US stock market today. Dow Jones gained more than 300 points, Nasdaq gained more than 200 points. Small-cap stocks outperformed. These are the number for the US stock market today at the close:
S&P 500: 3,383.48,+42.51(+1.27%)
Dow 30: 27,992.38,+326.74(+1.18%)
Nasdaq: 11,056.65,+203.11(+1.87%)
Russell 2000: 1,537.77,+40.50(+2.70%)
Stock market data: Yahoo Finance
Stock market news today
“Stocks rise as vaccine, merger news draw focus.
Stocks rose Monday as investors considered positive developments around a coronavirus vaccine candidate, and eyed a flurry of newly announced mergers and acquisitions among major companies. Tech shares mostly shook off last week’s jitters.
AstraZeneca (AZN) announced over the weekend that its late-stage Covid-19 vaccine trials with the University of Oxford had resumed, after safety concerns over a suspected adverse reaction from a participant had led the company to pause trials temporarily a week earlier. Shares rose about a 0.5% in early trading.
Elsewhere, Oracle (ORCL) shares rose after the company on Monday confirmed reports that it was included in a proposal for TikTok that the social media owner’s ByteDance submitted to the US Treasury Department over the weekend. This followed reports from multiple news outlets that the tech company landed a partnership with TikTok’s US business unit, edging out Microsoft (MSFT), which had previously been viewed as the frontrunner for a tie-up with the fast-growing social media company. Microsoft shares ticked lower in pre-market trading, extending losses from Friday.”
Stock market data: Yahoo Finance
