Stock Market Update
13-Sep-24 13:30 ET
Caterpillar, Home Depot aid DJIA's Friday advance
Dow +364.96
at 41461.73,
Nasdaq +132.82
at 17702.48,
S&P +36.55
at 5632.31
[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.89%) is today's best-performing major average, up about 365 points.
A look inside the DJIA shows that Caterpillar (CAT 346.36, +6.78, +2.00%), Home Depot (HD 380.99, +6.56, +1.75%), and Travelers (TRV 238.03, +3.92, +1.67%) hold decent gains.
Meanwhile, Boeing (BA 157.07, -5.70, -3.50%) is underperforming.
The DJIA is poised to end the week +2.77% higher.
Elsewhere, at the top of the hour, Baker Hughes (BKR 33.30, +0.01, +0.03%) announced a weekly U.S. rotary rig count of 590, +8 w/w and -51 yr/yr.
