Thursday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500
Thursday was yet again another positive day for the U.S. markets. All three major exchanges reached over 1% on the day, after briefly dipping into the red this morning. Crude oil continued its comeback adding another 1%. The S&P 500…
February 15, 2018: The S&P 500 closed up 1.2% at 2,731.22. The DJIA closed up 1.2% at 25,200.65. Separately, the Nasdaq was up 1.6% at 7,256.43.
Thursday was yet again another positive day for the U.S. markets. All three major indexes reached over 1% on the day, after briefly dipping into the red this morning. Crude oil continued its comeback adding another 1%. The S&P 500 sectors were almost entirely positive. The most positive sectors were utilities and technology up 2.1% and 1.7%, respectively. The worst performing sector was energy down 0.5%.
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Crude oil was up 1.5% at $61.51.
Gold was relatively flat at $1,356.80.
The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Thursday was NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) which traded down about 5% at $57.67. The stock’s 52-week range is $37.43 to $64.06. Volume was 16.5 million compared to the daily average volume of roughly 3 million.
The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Thursday was EQT Corp. (NYSE: EQT) which rose about 10% to $53.35. The stock’s 52-week range is $43.70 to $67.84. Volume was nearly 11 million compared to the daily average volume of 3.6 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.
