U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday and bond yields continued to remain near their three-year highs. The 2 year Treasury note yield is 2.336% and 10 year is 2.455%. The 10-year yield is up 16.2% over five days, up 62.8% over one month, up 97.7% three months ago, and up 74.1% one year ago.
The S&P 500 went up 0.71% to close at 4575.52. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.31% to close at 14354.90 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.27% to close at 34955.89.
Economic Reports
Trade in goods, advance report went from -$107.6 billion to -$106.6 billion in February.
Markets
The SP 500 is up by 0.71% to close at 4575.52. The index is up 2.56% over five days, up 4.61% over one month, down 4.50% over three months and up 15.22% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 24.78 compared to 44.66 one year ago and estimated future P/E 19.85. Dividend yield is currently 1.39 compared with 1.48 one year ago.
Leading stocks were TSLA up 8.03%, CCL up 5.55%, CEG up 5.54%, ETSY up 4.70% and INTU up 4.60%.
Trailing stocks were DISCA down 6.47%, DISCK down 6.15%, MOS down 4.71%, BKR down 4.44% and SLB down 4.44%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 0.27% to close at 34955.89. The DOW is up 1.17% over five days, up 3.14% over one month, down 3.71% over three months and up 5.38% over one year.
The trailing P/E is 19.36 compared with 29.27 year ago and an estimated future P/E of 18.14. The current dividend yield is 2.02% compared with 2.04 one year ago.
Leading stocks were MSFT up 2.31%, CRM up 2.03%, WMT up 1.76%, HD down 1.14% and V down 1.07%.
Trailing stocks were CVX down 1.69%, DOW down 0.93%, JPM up 0.75%, CAT up 0.68% and GS down 0.67%.
The NASDAQ composite went up 1.31% and closed at 14354.90. NASDAQ is up 3.73% over five days, up 4.39% over one month, down 9.55% over 3 months and up 9.92% over one year.
Leading stocks were HYMC up 81.25%, DATS up 61.45%, NEGG up 43.41%, MRIN up 35.93% and KXIN up 31.53%.
Trailing stocks were CLF down 50.26%, NMTC down 46.85%, AMLX down 35.96%, CAPR down 32.22%, and XCUR down 24.15%.
The MidCap SP400 went up by 0.17% to close at 2717.04. The SP400 is up 0.76% for the past 5 days, up 2.09% for the past month, down 4.10% for the past 3 months and up 5.34% over the past year.
Leading stocks were GME up 28.33%, STAA up 10.62% and NUVA up 7.84%.
Trailing stocks were MUR down 8.46%, ADS down 5.73% and PDCE down 4.94%
The SmallCap SP600 is down by 0.41% to close at 1325.61. The SP600 is down 0.31% for the past 5 days, up 0.72% for the past month, down 5.80% for the past 3 months and up 2.22% over the past year.
Leading stocks were POLY up 52.06%, BBBY up 17.62% and CUTR up 10.80%.
Trailing stocks were BNED down 13.48%, GTLS down 10.09% and NBRWF down 8.18%.
The CBOE VIX is down by 5.86% and closed at 19.60. The VIX is down 16.70% over five days, down 34.99% over one month, up 10.86% over three months and down 5.45% over one year.
On the New York stock exchange 1642 stocks advanced and 1705 declined, while on Nasdaq 2293 advanced and 2473 declined.
There were 75 new 52 week highs and 139 new 52 week lows on NYSE with 65 new highs and 162 new lows on NASDAQ.
The 2 year Treasury note yield is 2.336% and 10 year is 2.455%. The 10-year yield is up 16.2% over five days, up 62.8% over one month, up 97.7% three months ago, and up 74.1% one year ago.
SP500 Sector Performance % Change:
Consumer Discretionary +2.67
Real Estate +1.28
Information Technology +1.23
Health Care +0.74
Utilities +0.62
Consumer Staples +0.41
Communication Services +0.27
Industrials +0.03
Financials -0.30
Materials -0.46
Energy -2.56
Consumer Discretionary has been up 4.56% over five days, up 6.89% over one month, down 7.78% over three months and up 13.00% over one year.
Energy has been up 0.85% over five days, up 9.53% over one month, up 36.98% over three months and up 55.68% over one year.