Sentences with phrase «gains in stock index»

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Wall Street has fallen as healthcare stocks slid and investors worried about rising costs for companies as oil prices rose, although the major indexes eked out a gain in April to snap a two - month losing streak.

That makes the Trump Bump, for now, the largest post-election gain in percentage terms by the Dow index over that time frame — at least going as far back as the Hoover Mover, when stocks rose 3.6 % following Hubert Hoover's election.

The Shanghai composite is up 1.3 percent year to date, in contrast to gains of more than 17 percent for the EEM and Hong Kong's Hang Seng stock index.

U.S. stock indexes suffered their biggest losses in 3 months Monday, having finished 2014 on a fairly strong note, with the Dow gaining 7.5 % on the year, while the S&P 500 improved by almost 12 %, and the Nasdaq gained more than 13 %.

The best stock performer in the 500 - stock index, though, was biopharmaceutical company Nektar with a 78 percent gain over the past three months.

NEW YORK, Jan 18 (Reuters)- Wall Street's main indexes seesawed in choppy trade on Thursday, as gains in tech stocks offset losses in interest - rate sensitive sectors.

NEW YORK, Jan 18 - Wall Street's main indexes seesawed in choppy trade on Thursday, as gains in tech stocks offset losses in interest - rate sensitive sectors.

TORONTO, Jan 3 - Canada's main stock index notched its highest - ever close on Wednesday, boosted by a jump in shares of BlackBerry Ltd after it announced a self - driving deal with China's Baidu and by sharp gains for several marijuana producers.

TORONTO, Jan 3 - Canada's main stock index hit a fresh all - time high on Wednesday, boosted by a jump in shares of BlackBerry Ltd after it announced a self - driving deal with China's Baidu and by sharp gains for several marijuana producers.

TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters)- Japan's Nikkei eked out modest gains in holiday - thinned trade on Tuesday supported by buying in index - heavy stocks such as Fast Retailing and Fanuc, though Sony tumbled after the company issued a profit warning.

TOKYO, May 1 - Japan's Nikkei eked out modest gains in holiday - thinned trade on Tuesday supported by buying in index - heavy stocks such as Fast Retailing and Fanuc, though Sony tumbled after the company issued a profit warning.

U.S. stock futures are sharply higher in early trading, after Thursday's 421 - point surge for the Dow surge, which added to big gains in the prior session and chalked up a 4.2 % two - day rally for the index — its biggest two - day percent gain since November 2011.

The gains came after the Toronto stock index dropped more than eight per cent from its all - time high and leading Wall Street indexes slumped into a 10 per cent correction for the first time in two years.

In a sign of some uncertainty among investors about the impact of the BOJ's latest measures, Japanese markets were volatile following the announcement, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index down giving up initial gains and moving into negative territory.

TORONTO, Jan 3 (Reuters)- Canada's main stock index hit a fresh all - time high on Wednesday, boosted by a jump in shares of BlackBerry Ltd after it announced a self - driving deal with China's Baidu and by sharp gains for several marijuana producers.

In 2017, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 28 %, the ETFMG Video Game Tech ETF, which tracks about 60 stocks related to the industry, scored a 60 % gain.

U.S. stock indexes are little changed overall as losses for banks are largely offset by gains in technology companies like Microsoft.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Wall Street fell on Monday as healthcare stocks slid and investors worried about rising costs for companies as oil prices rose, although the major indexes eked out a gain in April to snap a two - month losing streak.

The stock is up 120 % in the past 12 months, compared with a 28 % gain for the PHLX Semiconductor Index and an 11 % gain for the S&P 500 in that time.

Japan's Nikkei share average edged lower on Monday morning after index - heavy stocks such as SoftBank and Terumo lost ground, offsetting gains in financial stocks, which rallied after U.S. yields rose.

U.S. stock index futures signaled a higher open on Thursday, following gains in Europe on the back of strong bank earnings and a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Monday as index heavyweight stocks such as SoftBank and Terumo lost ground, offsetting gains in financials, which rallied after U.S. yields rose.

The stock is little changed this year, compared with a 23 % gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

Case in point: Last week utility stocks, as measured by the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index, managed to buck the broader selling and post a small gain, according to numbers via Bloomberg.

That's why, when Biogen shared initial positive results from an early study in December, the stock jumped 6 percent — and has continued climbing, up 39 percent since Dec. 1, compared with a 19 percent gain for the Nasdaq biotechnology index.

Stocks in the PYMNTS Index moved decidedly to the red, and only one name actually made gains of any significance, while others...

As detailed in my book, Trading ETFs: Gaining An Edge With Technical Analysis, assessing the relative strength of an ETF versus the main stock market indexes is the key element behind my proven ETF trading strategy.

Stocks in the PYMNTS Index moved decidedly to the red, and only one name actually made gains of any significance, while others that wound up in the green did so by the thinnest of margins.

To the extent that the real estate industry (and also stock - market investors and securities owners in general) would be able to «index» the cost of their investment to a construction - price index, their capital gains would be rendered tax - exempt.

The performance of technology stocks over the recent past has been striking: In 2017, for example, the information technology sector of the S&P 500 posted a 38 % return, while the broader S&P 500 Index gained 22 % (Source: Bloomberg data).

Shares of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) hit its fifth consecutive new 52 - week high of $ 115.12 on Friday and the stock is now higher by nearly 10 percent since the start of 2017 and 170 percent over the past five years versus a 70 percent gain in the S&P 500 index and 58 percent in the Dow Jones...

This is uncomfortable for hedged - equity in the short - run, because the glamour stocks drive gains in the major indices that aren't sufficiently matched by gains in broadly constructed stock portfolios — particularly those following value - conscious strategies.

Major U.S. stock - indexes demonstrated slim gains, buoyed by gains in the industrial and consumer discretionary sectors.

The shaded area shows the amount of market gain that would be required to recover the peak - to - trough drawdown experienced by the corresponding stock index (S&P for Fed interventions, EuroStoxx for ECB interventions, FTSE for BOE interventions) in the 6 - month period preceding the quantitative easing operation.

The other side of the debate would argue that individuals who don't know how to select a sector's best stock are better off investing in the index as a whole to at least gain some form of exposure.

Growth stocks lead Value as Technology stocks were a significant driver of returns, accounting for more than 40 % of the S&P 500 Index gains in Q1.

Most major Asian stock indexes were mixed on Wednesday, as indexes in Japan, South Korea and Australia climbed, following gains on Wall Street.

Over the last week, the United States Marijuana Index, which tracks 15 of the largest marijuana stocks in the U.S., posted gains of 5.5 percent.

The Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT: XLV), an exchange - traded fund (ETF) that attempts to track an index of top healthcare stocks in the S&P 500, racked up a gain of nearly 27 % during President Trump's first year.

There's no question that the stock market achieved fantastic gains during President Trump's first year in office, with the S&P 500 index rising nearly 24 %.

The Shanghai Composite Index gained on Monday as gains for tech stocks negated the detrimental effects of a record plunge in industrial

Though the gain in the S&P 500 since 2014 is likely to be wiped out rather easily, the challenge for hedged equity strategies in the interim has been the extended duration of this top formation, coupled with a feverish shift of investors toward indexing, which has benefited the capitalization - weighted indices relative to a wide range of historically effective stock - selection approaches.

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In that 13 - month period, the S&P 500 Index gained over 82 percent, but many investors sat on the sidelines after they panicked out of stocks from fall 2008 and through winter 2009.

In strongly uptrending markets, for example, the model trading account of The Wagner Daily swing trading newsletter will sometimes underperform the gains of the main stock market indexes because we strictly control risk at all times.

Encouraging Gains in US Futures It would appear stock markets are starting to regain some of their composure following a couple of very volatile weeks in which US indices fell more than 10 % from their record highs.

As such, the ETF and stock picks in the model trading accounts of our Wagner Daily swing trading newsletter scored a solid combined gain of 4.8 % during that same two - month period (an outperformance of the main stock market indexes by more than 11 % for the months of April and May).

A slide in technology and consumer - focused companies helped pull U.S. stock indexes modestly lower Thursday, offsetting strong energy sector gains.

With the main stock market indexes posting back to back accumulation days (higher volume gains), the odds of the broad market staging a significant rally have increased dramatically in just a few days.

The stock markets held up surprisingly well and we did see rises from all three major indices on Wall Street and further gains in Asia this morning.