It wasn’t a huge day but the major indices are closed near their session highs. The gains were led by the Dow industrial average which saw an increase by 0.63%.
The final numbers show:
- Dow industrial average rose 211.35 points or 0.63% at 33946.24
- S&P index rose 10.75 points or 0.24% at 4409.71
- NASDAQ index rose 24.76 points or 0.18% at 13685.47
- Russell 2000 outpaced the top3 with a gain of 30.58 points or 1.64% at 1895.25
Yields moving lower helped to limit the declines.
- 2 year yields fell -6.1 basis points
- 5 year yields fell -9.0 basis points
- 10 year yields fell 4.0 basis points
