The Nasdaq composite on Monday sent a strong message to stock market watchers: Look at me now, I’m the leader. Now the question is: Will the other key equity indexes follow? With just 10 trading sessions remaining in the year, keeping a close eye on potential divergence in action between the Nasdaq and other key…
Does the stock market in the final quarter of 2024 belong to the New York Stock Exchange? When you just look at Monday’s action among the major indexes, it’s hard to make this argument. The Nasdaq composite, up almost 0.9% on Monday, exceeded a 0.5% rise by its peer, the NYSE composite index. Megacap techs…
Stocks got off to a weak start and remained in the red until the closing bell Thursday as investors confronted data that showed inflation in September came in a bit hotter than predicted and an unexpected rise in initial weekly jobless claims. But selling softened on the stock market today as losses for the three…