How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 11/4/2024

U.S. stocks drifted up of a momentous week afloat of imaginable flashpoints, while lipid prices climbed and Treasury yields dropped

U.S. stocks drifted up of a momentous week afloat of imaginable flashpoints, while lipid prices climbed and Treasury yields dropped.

The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% Monday, moreover though nan mostly of stocks wrong nan scale rose. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%, and nan Nasdaq composite mislaid 0.3%.

Beyond Election Day successful nan United States connected Tuesday, nan Federal Reserve will besides beryllium gathering connected liking rates later this week. Investors besides dream nan Chinese authorities whitethorn denote stimulus for nan world’s second-largest economy. Crude prices roseate aft oil-producing nations delayed planned increases to their production.

On Monday:

The S&P 500 fell 16.11 points, aliases 0.3%, to 5,712.69.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 257.59 points, aliases 0.6%, to 41,794.60.

The Nasdaq composite fell 59.93 points, aliases 0.3%, to 18,179.98.

The Russell 2000 scale of smaller companies roseate 8.90 points, aliases 0.4%, to 2,219.03.

For nan year:

The S&P 500 is up 942.86 points, aliases 19.8%.

The Dow is up 4,105.06 points, aliases 10.9%.

The Nasdaq is up 3,168.63 points, aliases 21.1%.

The Russell 2000 is up 191.96 points, aliases 9.5%.