Stock Market Update
24-Apr-25 11:35 ET
Risk-on bias drives market
Dow +233.12
at 39839.69,
Nasdaq +294.45
at 17002.49,
S&P +68.06
at 5443.94
[BRIEFING.COM] The major equity indices trade just off session highs. Small and mid cap indices are also benefitting from buying interest. The Russell 2000 is 0.9% higher and the S&P Mid Cap 400 is 1.4% higher.
The risk-on bias in today's trade also has defensive stocks trading lower, including components of the S&P 500 consumer staples (-1.1%) and utilities (-0.1%) sectors.
The remaining nine sectors show gains ranging from 0.6% (financials) to 2.5% (technology).
