Stock Market Overview
Stocks Rally Late to Close Out a Volatile Session
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) Friday closed up +0.80%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) closed +1.51%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed -0.01%.
Stocks Friday rallied sharply in the last 20 minutes of the session, reversing the losses seen earlier in the day when the S&P 500 index was down as much as -0.8% and the Nasdaq 100 index was down as much as -1.9%. Volatility emerged on Friday partly because of the last trading day of the month and the rebalance of some stock indexes.
US stock indexes Friday saw support from the -4.6 bp decline in the 10-year T-note yield on the as-expected US PCE deflator, which kept alive hopes for a Fed interest rate cut later this year. The T-note yield also fell on the slightly weaker-than-expected US personal spending report. Tech stocks were undercut by weakness in chip stocks and long liquidation pressure in some of the mega-cap tech stocks.
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