U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday after investors bought up some technology stocks. Twitter shares jumped up 27.02% after Tesla Executive Elon Musk disclosed that he holds a 9.2% stake in the company as of mid-March. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.90% and closed at 14532.55. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 0.30% to close at 34921.88 and the S&P 500 climbed 0.81% to close at 4582.64.
Economic Reports
Factory orders went down in February from 1.5% to -0.5%.
Core capital equipment orders (revision) saw a slight drop from -0.3% to -0.2% in February.
Markets
The SP 500 is up by 0.81% to close at 4582.64. The index is up 0.16% over five days, up 9.08% over one month, down 4.46% over three months and up 12.38% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 25.57 compared to 45.45 one year ago and estimated future P/E 20.11. Dividend yield is currently 1.38 compared with 1.45 one year ago.
Leading stocks were TWTR up 27.02%, ETSY up 7.18%, TSLA up 5.61%, PENN up 5.31% and CZR up 5.27%.
Trailing stocks were BAX down 3.96%, ABMD down 3.82%, SBUX down 3.72%, RE down 3.20% and MOH down 3.18%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 0.30% to close at 34921.88. The DOW is down 0.10% over five days, up 6.41% over one month, down 4.55% over three months and up 4.16% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 19.40 compared with 34.00 year ago and an estimated future P/E of 18.16. The current dividend yield is 2.01% compared with 1.79 one year ago.
Leading stocks were CRM up 3.12%, AAPL up 2.37%, INTL up 2.27%, MSFT up 1.79% and HD up 1.22%.
Trailing stocks were TRV down 1.85%, WBA down 1.05%, JNJ down 0.98%, MCD down 0.94% and PG down 0.64%.
The NASDAQ composite went up 1.90% and closed at 14532.55. NASDAQ is up 1.24% over five days, up 13.26% over one month, down 8.21% over 3 months and up 6.03% over one year.
Leading stocks were GBS up 67.95%, ATER up 46.78%, IOBT up 33.16%, CGTX up 28.08% and GMBL up 26.39%.
Trailing stocks were CRIS down 33.33%, GWGH down 20.97%, LITM down 19.32%, Art’s Way Manufacturing Co down 18.49%, and LGVN down 19.01%.
The MidCap SP400 went down by 0.24% to close at 2703.68. The SP400 is down 0.49% for the past 5 days, up 7.41% for the past month, down 5.17% for the past 3 months and up 1.45% over the past year.
Leading stocks were OLLI up 15.66%, SPWR up 12.28% and RUN up 9.95%.
Trailing stocks were WLY down 4.74%, PGNY down 4.72% and THC down 4.70%
The SmallCap SP600 is down by 0.38% to close at 1326.33. The SP600 is up 0.05% for the past 5 days, up 4.48% for the past month, down 6.39% for the past 3 months and down 1.46% over the past year.
Leading stocks were ITOS up 7.06%, NBRWF up 6.56% and SLVM up 5.59%.
Trailing stocks were MATX down 11.51%, HCC down 6.49% and PATK down 5.49%.
The CBOE VIX is down by 5.40% and closed at 18.57. The VIX is down 5.40% over five days, down 49.05% over one month, up 11.87% over three months and up 3.69% over one year.
On the New York stock exchange 1842 stocks advanced and 1531 declined, while on Nasdaq 3059 advanced and 1758 declined.
There were 99 new 52 week highs and 47 new 52 week lows on NYSE with 81 new highs and 80 new lows on NASDAQ.
The 2 year Treasury note yield is 2.424% and 10 year is 2.399%. The 10-year yield is down 0.2% over five days, up 55.1% over one month, up 74.6% three months ago, and up 74.1% one year ago.
SP500 Sector Performance % Change:
Consumer Discretionary +2.33
Communication Services +2.28
Information Technology +1.91
Energy +0.07
Materials -0.04
Industrials -0.17
Real Estate -0.31
Consumer Staples -0.32
Financials -0.47
Health Care -0.75
Utilities -0.79
Consumer Discretionary has been up 0.55% over five days, up 16.65% over one month, down 9.38% over three months and up 8.30% over one year.
Utilities has been up 2.26% over five days, up 4.83% over one month, up 5.63% over three months and up 15.76% over one year.
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