Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Tech rally, Powell comments boost indexes to record closing highs

Tech rally, Powell comments boost indexes to record closing highs

By Caroline Valetkevitch

Wed December 4, 2024 4:31 PM

Fed Chair Powell opining today that he was upbeat on the economy and inflation is continuing downward triggered another substantial rally with the markets now very confident that a December rate cut is coming. All three indexes surged to new records. Now all eyes are on Friday’s employment report which is really the tell-all for how well things are going. Today the private payrolls report showed a modest increase. But, awaiting Friday’s numbers, volume came in at 13 billion, still well below the 14.9 billion average. 

DJ: 44,705.53  -76.47       NAS: 19,480.91  +76.96      S&P: 6,049.88  +2.73       12/3

DJ: 45,014.04  +308.51    NAS: 19,735.12  +254.21    S&P: 6,086.49  +36.61     12/4

 Wed 12-4-24 4:31 pm Tech rally, Powell comments boost indexes to record closing highs | Reuters


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