Dows best day since June 5

The major indices opened sharply higher on the back of the Pfizer news on a vaccine. The gains were led by the Dow industrial average the S&P index. The NASDAQ index went along for the ride early on. However, a late day selling pushed the NASDAQ into negative territory. The Dow industrial average and S&P index also close near session lows but still higher on the day.

  • All the major indices reached intraday all time record highs.
  • Dow had his best day since June 5
  • Covid gainers got hammered today including Zoom, Home Depot, Whirlpool, Amazon and Netflix

A look at the final numbers shows:

  • S&P index rose 41.06 points or 1.17% at 3550.50. The high price reached 3645.99. The low price extended to 3547.48
  • NASDAQ index fell -181.448 points or -1.53% at 11713.78. It's high price reached 12108.06. The low price reached 11703.49
  • Dow industrial average rose 834.57 points or 2.95% at 29157.97. It's high price reached 29933.83. The low price extended to 29130.66.

Some losers today included:

  • Zoom, -17.4%
  • Crowdstrike, -10.76%
  • Whirlpool, -10.4%
  • snowflake, -9.49%
  • Netflix, -8.56%
  • Square, -7.09%
  • Costco, -5.39%
  • Amazon, -5.06%
  • Facebook, -5.04%
  • Home Depot, -5.03%

winners included:

  • American Express, +21.43%
  • United Airlines, +19.23%
  • American Airlines, +15.18%
  • Bank of America, +14.27%
  • Boeing, +13.71%
  • J.P. Morgan, +13.62%
  • Walt Disney, +11.87%
  • Citigroup, +11.64%
  • PNC financial, +11.57%
  • Exxon Mobil, +10.34%
  • MasterCard, +9.93%
  • Southwest Airlines, +9.72%