NASDAQ and S&P indices close at record levels

The major US stock indices are closing higher on the day with both the S&P and NASDAQ index closing a record levels. The Dow Industrial Average would also move higher and closer to it all time record high close at 40003.02.

The final numbers are showing:

• Dow Industrial Average average rose 162.33 point or 0.41% at 39331.84
• S&P index rose 33.92 points or 0.62% at 5509.02
• NASDAQ index rose 149.46 points or 0.84% at 18028.76

The small-cap Russell 2000 rose 3.8 points or 0.19% at 2033.87.

Tesla shares rose by $21.40 or 10.20% at $231.26 after reporting higher deliveries. That gain comes after a gain of over 6% yesterday.

Other winners today included:

• Rivian Automotive (RIVN): +6.90%
• Paramount Global B (PARA): +5.72%
• AMD (AMD): +4.18%
• AMC Entertainment (AMC): +3.47%
• Super Micro Computer (SMCI): +3.08%
• GameStop Corp (GME): +2.79%
• Bank of America (BAC): +2.32%
• Shopify Inc (SHOP): +2.23%
• Western Digital (WDC): +2.21%
• Alibaba ADR (BABA): +2.06%

Some losers today included:

• First Solar (FSLR): -3.08%
• Chewy (CHWY): -2.38%
• Bitcoin Futures (BMC): -2.24%
• Grayscale Bitcoin (GBTC): -2.20%
• BTC/USD: -2.16%
• CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD): -2.01%
• Papa John’s (PZZA): -1.81%
• Corsair (CRSR): -1.59%
• Robinhood, -1.49%
• Zoom, -1.47%

Other big names:

• Nvidia -1.31%
• Apple +1.62%
• Amazon +1.42%
• Meta Platforms +0.96%
• Alphabet +1.23%
• Microsoft +0.56%

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.