Wall Street rises to a record after a small gain for the S&P 500
Helping to support the fervor has been strong profit reports from Entergy and other big U.S. businesses. Companies in the S&P 500 are on track to deliver nearly 17% growth in their earnings per share for the final three months of 2024, compared with a year earlier. That would be the best growth since 2021, according to FactSet.
Stock market today: Wall Street flirts with a record as indexes drift
Traders have been paring their expectations for possible cuts to rates through 2025, with an increasing number saying they foresee zero. That in turn has pushed up Treasury yields in the bond market, which typically drag downward on prices for stocks and other investments.
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesFrom the roaring stock markets of the 1920s to the high-tech trading floors of today, Wall Street’s ...
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks crept to a record as the S&P 500 nudged higher after a quiet Tuesday of trading. The main measure of Wall Street’s health rose 0.2% to finish just above its all-time closing ...
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