US stocks end the week with strong gains and close at session highs

The major US stock indices Indices Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track Read this Term are closing the day at session highs and complete a strong week after multi-week declines. The Dow snapped a 8 week down streak while the S&P and Nasdaq snapped 7 week declines.

• Nasdaq has best week in more than 2 months
• Dow is up for the 6th straight day
• S&P and Nasdaq rose the final 3 days of the week and 4 of 5 days.
• S&P had its best week in 2022

The final numbers are showing:

• Dow industrial average rose and 575.77 points or 1.76% to 33212
• S&P index rose 100.38 points or 2.47% to 4158.23
• NASDAQ index rose 390.49 point or 3.33% to 12131.14
• Russell 2000 rose 49.61 points or 2.7% to 1887.85

For the trading week:

• Dow industrial average rose 6.24%
• S&P index rose 6.58%
• NASDAQ index rose 6.84%
• Russell 2000 rose 6.46%

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