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Tuesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

April 25, 2017: The S&P 500 closed higher on the day, up 0.6% and 14.44 points to 2,388.50. Separately the DJIA closed up 1.1% on the day at 20,995.84, up approximately 231.95 points.

By Chris Lange
Published April 25, 2017, 4:12pm ET · 1 min read

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April 25, 2017: The S&P 500 closed higher on the day, up 0.6% and 14.44 points to 2,388.50. Separately the DJIA closed up 1.1% on the day at 20,995.84, up approximately 231.95 points.

Overall Tuesday was an incredible day for the markets with all of the U.S. broad markets closing higher and the Nasdaq hitting a new all-time high. In terms of the sectors, everything was positive, with the notable exception of some major telecoms. There were a few other stocks that were negative but most were down mainly on poor earnings.

Crude oil made a solid recovery on Tuesday up about 1% at $49.73 in the session.

Gold fell 1% or $12.80, closing at $1,264.70.

The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Tuesday was Express Scripts Holding Co. (NASDAQ: ESRX) which traded down 11% at $59.98. The stock’s 52-week range is $57.80 to $80.02. Volume was 35.4 million versus the daily average of 4.4 million shares.

The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Monday was Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) which jumped nearly 8% to $104.43. The stock’s 52-week range is $69.04 to $104.89. Volume was roughly 17.8 million which is above the daily average of around 5.4 million shares.

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Chris Lange

Chris Lange is a financial and geopolitical writer with more than a decade of experience covering a myriad of topics. He has published thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St., with past coverage focused heavily on stocks, IPOs, healthcare, defense, global affairs, and technology.

His work has been quoted, or referenced by a number of outlets including Business Insider, USA Today, Yahoo Finance, MSN, The Motley Fool, and many other publications. A graduate of Southwestern University, he studied business with a focus on investments and has previous experience in banking and startups.

When not reading or writing the news, he is following his passion for Lacrosse, playing chess, or building solar projects with his dad.

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