Tuesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500
Tuesday was relatively flat day for the U.S. broad markets with all of the major exchanges starting out strong but slowly fading over the course of the day. Crude oil gave back a little after a strong start to the…
November 7, 2017: The S&P 500 closed down 0.05% at 2,589.89. The DJIA closed up 0.03% at 23,554.41. Separately, the Nasdaq was down 0.27% at 6,767.78.
Tuesday was a relatively flat day for the broad U.S. markets with all of the major exchanges starting out strong but slowly fading over the course of the day. Crude oil gave back a little after a strong start to the week. The S&P 500 sectors were mostly positive with a few notable exceptions. The best performing sectors were utilities and consumer staples, up 1.2% and 1.1%, respectively. The worst performing sectors were financials and consumer discretionary, down 1.4%, and 0.6%, respectively.
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Crude oil was down 0.2% at $57.22.
Gold was down 0.3% at $1,277.20.
The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Tuesday was TripAdvisory, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) which traded down about 23% at $30.35. The stock’s 52-week range is $30.21 to $65.56. Volume was roughly 29 million versus the daily average 3.1 million shares.
The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Tuesday was GGP Inc. (NYSE: GGP) which rose about 17% to $22.21. The stock’s 52-week range is $18.83 to $27.10. Volume was about 51 million compared to its average volume of 5.7 million.
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