U.S. stocks ended slightly down on Thursday during this shortened trading week. The S&P 500 slid down 0.30% to 4778.73. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went down by 0.25% to 36398.08 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.16% to 15741.56.
Initial jobless claims for the week ending December 25 decreased from 206,000 to 198,000 which is near decade lows. Continuing jobless claims for the week ending December 18 also dropped from 1.86 million to 1.72 million.
Chicago PMI for December was 63.1, compared to 61.8 previously.
Markets
The SP 500 is down by 0.30% to close at 4778.73. The index is up 1.12% over five days, up 4.41% over one month, up 10.94% over three months and up 27.23% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 28.85 compared to 39.94 one year ago and estimated future P/E 22.75. Dividend yield is currently 1.30 compared with 1.61 one year ago.
Leading stocks were PENN up 4.54%, TWTR up 3.98%, VIAC up 3.77%, OGN up 3.05% and DISCK up 2.55%.
Trailing stocks were BIIB down 7.09%, APA down 3.05%, NCLH down 2.59%, CF down 2.55% and down MU 2.37%.
The Dow Jones industrial Average went down by 0.25% to close at 36398.08. The DOW is up 1.24% over five days, up 5.08% over one month, up 7.55% over three months and up 18.92% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 22.65 compared with 30.11 year ago and an estimated future P/E of 18.52. The current dividend yield is 1.90% compared with 1.97 one year ago.
Leading stocks were DIS up 0.68%, JNJ up 0.44%, IBM up 0.42%, WMT up 0.32% and CRM up 0.31%.
Trailing stocks were PG down 0.86%, MSFT down 0.77%, NKE at 0.76%, AAPL down 0.66%, and CAT down 0.60%.
The NASDAQ composite is down 0.16% and closed at 15741.56. NASDAQ is up 0.56% over five days, up 2.34% over one month, up 8.95% over 3 months and up 22.14% over one year.
Leading stocks were KPRX up 93.18%, SPCB up 40.10%, IINN up 27.47%, QH up 26.35% and SECO up 26.09%.
Trailing stocks were TOI down 16.07%, BFRI down 13.93%, MDVL down 11.69%, CPOP down 11.35%, and DUOT down 11.07%.
The MidCap SP400 is down by 0.30% to close at 2839.33. The SP400 is up 1.56% for the past 5 days, up 3.73% for the past month, up 7.53% for the past 3 months and up 23.09% over the past year.
Leading stocks were QDEL up 3.98%, SPWR up 3.91% and RUN up 3.82%.
Trailing stocks were CNX down 3.44%, VSH down 3.37% and EQT down 3.33%
The SmallCap SP600 is down by 0.46% to close at 1402.33. The SP600 is up 1.08% for the past 5 days, up 3.11% for the past month, up 5.30% for the past 3 months and up 25.33% over the past year.
Leading stocks were WW up 11.17%, DHC up 7.61% and TRHC up 6.66%.
Trailing stocks were VGR down 34.15%, SWN down 5.70% and FSP down 5.55%.
The CBOE VIX is up by 2.24% and closed at 17.33. The VIX is down 3.51% over five days, down 38.00% over one month, down 25.11% over three months and down 23.82% over one year.
On the New York stock exchange 1875 stocks advanced and 1489 declined, while on Nasdaq 2757 advanced and 1905 declined.
There were 164 new 52 week highs and 55 new 52 week lows on NYSE with 108 new highs and 182 new lows on NASDAQ.
The 2 year Treasury note yield is 0.730% and 10 year is 1.510%. The 10-year yield is up 1.5% over five days, up 15.3% over one month, up 4.7% three months ago, and up 59.1% one year ago.
SP500 Sector Performance % Change:
Real Estate +0.36
Utilities +0.34
Health Care +0.16
Communication Services +0.11
Financials -0.26
Consumer Staples -0.32
Materials -0.37
Consumer Discretionary -0.38
Industrials -0.39
Energy -0.68
Information Technology -0.68
Real Estate has been up 3.50% over five days, up 8.15% over one month, up 16.57% over three months and up 42.25% over one year
Information Technology up 0.96% over five days, up 4.28% over one month, up 17.02% over three months and up 34.00% over one year.
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