Thursday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500
Thursday was a solid day for the broad U.S. markets. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all recovered from their losses earlier this week, although not entirely. Crude oil made a small comeback after tanking in Wednesday’s session. The S&P…
December 7, 2017: The S&P 500 closed up 0.3% at 2,637.01. The DJIA closed up 0.3% at 24,211.42. Separately, the Nasdaq was up 0.5% at 6,812.84.
Thursday was a solid day for the broad U.S. markets. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all recovered from their losses earlier this week, although not entirely. Crude oil made a small comeback after tanking in Wednesday’s session. The S&P 500 sectors were mostly positive on the day with one exception. The best performing sectors were industrials and technology up 0.9% and 0.6%, respectively. The worst performing sector was consumer staples down 1%.
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Crude oil was up 1.2% at $56.64.
Gold was down 1.5% at $1,247.20.
The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Thursday was Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) which traded down over 5% at $5.52. The stock’s 52-week range is $4.90 to $12.82. Volume was nearly 28 million versus the daily average of 16 million shares.
The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Thursday First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) which rose over 8% to $68.43. The stock’s 52-week range is $25.56 to $68.70. Volume was nearly 5 million compared to its average volume of 2.6 million.
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Chris Lange is a writer for 24/7 Wall St., based in Houston. He has covered financial markets over the past decade with an emphasis on healthcare, tech, and IPOs. During this time, he has published thousands of articles with insightful analysis across these complex fields. Currently, Lange's focus is on military and geopolitical topics. Lange's work has been quoted or mentioned in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, USA Today, MSN, Yahoo, The Verge, Vice, The Intelligencer, Quartz, Nasdaq, The Motley Fool, Fox Business, International Business Times, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Barron’s, Benzinga, and many other major publications. A graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Lange majored in business with a particular focus on investments. He has previous experience in the banking industry and startups.
