The U.S. stock market rose on Friday, with the S&P 500 adding to its flurry of records for the week, as traders bet that higher inflation will only be temporary as the U.S. economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The S&P 500 climbed +0.33% on the day to hit another closing record high of 4,280.70. The financial sector was the best-performing S&P 500 sector with a +1.3% gain. The DOW rose 237.02 points or +0.69% to 34,433.84, sitting less than 2% from its all-time record high. The NASDAQ erased earlier gains and closed -0.06% lower at 14,360.39 as bond yields rose, with the 10-year Treasury yield jumping 4 basis points to 1.52%.
The S&P 500 rallied +2.74% for the week, notching its biggest weekly gain since early February of this year. The DOW gained +3.44% this week for its best week since mid-March, and the NASDAQ advanced +2.35%.
Friday’s rally came after a key inflation indicator that the Federal Reserve uses to set policy rose +3.4% in May, the fastest increase since the early 1990s, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The reading matched the expectation from economists polled by Dow Jones. The core index rose 0.5% for the month, which actually was below the 0.6% estimate.
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Jeremy Lutz
INO.com and MarketClub.com
Source: https://www.ino.com/blog/2021/06/sp-500-continues-record-run/
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