Thursday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500
Thursday was another consecutive positive day for the broad U.S. markets. This was yet another push towards recovery and back to even for the three major indices. Crude oil also made a handy recover as well. The S&P 500 sectors…
April 5, 2018: The S&P 500 closed up 0.7% at 2,662.79. The DJIA closed up 1.0% at 24,503.98. Separately, the Nasdaq was up 0.5% at 7,076.55.
Thursday was another positive day for the broad U.S. markets. This was yet another push towards recovery and back to even for the three major indices. Crude oil also made a handy recovery as well. The S&P 500 sectors were entirely positive. The most positive sectors were energy, materials and consumer discretionary up 2.0%, 2.0%, and 1.5%, respectively. The “worst” performing sector was real estate which was up 0.2%.
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Crude oil was up 0.5% at $63.68.
Gold was down 0.8% at $1,329.00.
The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Thursday was Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) which traded down over 6% at $49.84. The stock’s 52-week range is $26.36 to $63.42. Volume was about 87 million compared to the daily average volume of 53.3 million.
The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Thursday was Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) which rose over 6% to $16.08. The stock’s 52-week range is $10.06 to $20.41. Volume was nearly 2 million compared to the daily average volume of nearly 2 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.
