STOCKS RISE: Here's What You Need To Know
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First, the scoreboard:
- Dow: 16,452.2 (+43.7, +0.2%)
- S&P 500: 1,870.3 (+5.4, +0.2%)
- Nasdaq: 4,115.7, (+20.1, +0.4%)
And now the top stories:
- According to CNBC, trading volume on the NYSE was at its lowest level of the year. You'd think that people would be excited to come back from a three-day weekend. But much of the world was actually still closed. The euro zone, UK, Australia, and Hong Kong were among the markets closed for Easter Monday. Even Boston was closed to observe Patriots Day.
- Commodity price pulled back a bit with palladium, wheat, and coffee leading the way down. This kept the inflation scare mongers at bay.
- Bloomberg reported that Ford Motor Co. would soon announce that COO Mark Fields would be the company's next CEO when current CEO Alan Mulally retires.
- There was no major market-moving economic data released today.
- This post doesn't need to be longer than it has to be. So, enjoy the rest of your day.
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- In second consecutive week of decline, forex kitty drops $2.28 bn to $640.33 bn
- SBI Life Q4 profit rises 4% to ₹811 crore
- IMD predicts severe heatwave conditions over East, South Peninsular India for next five days
- COVID lockdown-related school disruptions will continue to worsen students’ exam results into the 2030s: study
- India legend Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 ambassador