Stock Market Update
31-Mar-26 12:35 ET
Major averages supported by solid mega-cap leadership
Dow +528.38
at 45743.41,
Nasdaq +439.65
at 21234.30,
S&P +99.54
at 6445.25
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+1.6%), Nasdaq Composite (+2.2%), and DJIA (+1.3%) continue to chart a higher course.
The communication services (2.7%) and information technology (+2.3%) have widened their gains for the day, which are comparable to the Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF's 2.2% advance.
NVIDIA (NVDA 170.85, +5.68, +3.44%) is a standout, trading higher after the company and Marvell (MRVL 95.90, +8.10, +9.22%) announced a strategic partnership to connect Marvell to the NVIDIA AI factory and AI-RAN ecosystem through NVIDIA NVLink Fusion.
The market-weighted S&P 500 (+1.6%) is outperforming the S&P 500 Equal Weighted Index (+0.7%).
