How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
Posted December 12, 2018 1:37 pm.
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U.S. stocks couldn’t hang on to a big gain Wednesday, but they still finished broadly higher as technology and health care companies rose. That helped reverse some of the market’s big losses from the week before.
On Wednesday:
The S&P 500 index rose 14.29 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 2,651.07.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 157.03 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 24,527.27.
The Nasdaq composite jumped 66.48 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 7,098.31.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks added 15.19 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 1,455.32.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is up 17.99 points, or 0.7 per cent.
The Dow is up 138.32 points, or 0.6 per cent.
The Nasdaq is up 129.06 points, or 1.9 per cent.
The Russell 2000 is up 7.23 points, or 0.5 per cent.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is down 22.54 points, or 0.8 per cent.
The Dow is down 191.95 points, or 0.8 per cent.
The Nasdaq is up 194.92 points, or 2.8 per cent.
The Russell 2000 is down 80.19 points, or 5.2 per cent.
The Associated Press
