The U.S. stock indexes ended their recent losing streak with all three benchmarks experiencing their best weeks since 2020. The S&P 500 went up 1.17% on Friday to close at 4463.12 and finished with an increase of 6.2% for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.80% on Friday to close at 34754.93 and went up 5.5% for the week. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 2.05% to 13893.84 on Friday and increased by 8.2% for the week.
Economic Reports
Existing home sales (SAAR) reported a decline in February from 6.49 million to 6.02 million.
Index of leading economic indicators increased from -0.5% to 0.3% in February.
Markets
The SP 500 is up by 1.17% to close at 4463.12. The index is up 6.16% over five days, up 2.63% over one month, down 3.41% over three months and up 14.06% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 24.53 compared to 44.63 one year ago and estimated future P/E 16.52. Dividend yield is currently 1.42 compared with 1.49 one year ago.
Leading stocks were MTCH up 7.80%, EPAM up 7.79%, HPQ up 7.54%, CDAY up 6.88% and NVDA up 6.81%.
Trailing stocks were FDX down 3.98%, CL down 3.90%, CEG down 3.88%, CINF down 3.27% and OXY down 3.05%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 0.80% to close at 34754.93. The DOW is up 3.94% over five days, up 0.49% over one month, down 3.95% over three months and up 4.92% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 19.30 compared with 33.12 year ago and an estimated future P/E of 18.00. The current dividend yield is 2.04% compared with 1.84 one year ago.
Leading stocks were CRM up 3.99%, NKE up 3.01%, V up 2.65%, AAPL up 2.09% and AXP up 2.01%.
Trailing stocks were VZ down 2.98%, JNJ down 1.11%, DOW up 0.72%, TRV up 0.40% and CAT up 0.36%.
The NASDAQ composite went up 2.05% and closed at 13893.84. NASDAQ is up 8.18% over five days, up 2.55% over one month, down 8.41% over 3 months and up 5.14% over one year.
Leading stocks were CNTB up 54.21%, RZLT up 52.42%, RDBX up 50.28%, STNE up 42.04% and KRKR up 41.40%.
Trailing stocks were BTBD down 37.75%, NEPT down 31.63%, NYMX down 28.95%, CRBP down 22.78%, and HTGM down 20.75%.
The MidCap SP400 went up by 0.80% to close at 2705.81. The SP400 is up 5.25% for the past 5 days, up 2.79% for the past month, down 0.82% for the past 3 months and up 3.51% over the past year.
Leading stocks were STAA up 7.89%, RGEN up 5.83% and GXO up 5.79%.
Trailing stocks were CAR down 4.99%, X down 4.60% and FHI down 2.84%
The SmallCap SP600 is up by 0.58% to close at 1338.72. The SP600 is up 4.20% for the past 5 days, up 3.14% for the past month, down 0.48% for the past 3 months and down 1.21% over the past year.
Leading stocks were SPTN up 12.17%, TRHC up 10.56% and NEO up 8.75%.
Trailing stocks were AMBC down 22.50%, SCHL down 11.05% and DOUG down 7.66%.
The CBOE VIX is down by 7.01% and closed at 23.87. The VIX is down 22.37% over five days, down 13.98% over one month, up 10.66% over three months and up 13.94% over one year.
On the New York stock exchange 2210 stocks advanced and 1095 declined, while on Nasdaq 3234 advanced and 1453 declined.
There were 59 new 52 week highs and 57 new 52 week lows on NYSE with 61 new highs and 81 new lows on NASDAQ.
The 2 year Treasury note yield is 1.944% and 10 year is 2.153%. The 10-year yield is up 15.5% over five days, up 22.5% over one month, up 74.6% three months ago, and up 42.7% one year ago.
SP500 Sector Performance % Change:
Information Technology +2.19
Consumer Discretionary +2.18
Communication Services +1.44
Health Care +0.65
Materials +0.60
Industrials +0.40
Financials +0.29
Consumer Staples +0.27
Real Estate +0.21
Energy +0.09
Utilities -0.90
Information Technology has been up 7.87% over five days, up 1.94% over one month, down 7.54% over three months and up 19.78% over one year.
Utilities has been up 0.52% over five days, up 6.66% over one month, up 1.14% over three months and up 13.92% over one year.