U.S. stocks remained level today fueled by a 0.9% increase in large cap stocks and a 0.1% decline in utilities stocks. The S&P 500 Index is currently down 13.0% year-to-date, and down 1.3% over the past 12 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently down 8.7% year-to-date, and down 3.7% over the past 12 months. Elsewhere, commodities climbed 0.7% with gold rising 0.7%, crude oil rising 2.0% and copper remaining level. The yield on 10-year Treasuries is 2.96%, while the dollar weakened by 0.1% against a basket of other currencies. Meanwhile, investment grade corporate bonds rose by 0.5%, and high yield bonds rose by 0.2%.
Stocks
The S&P 500 Index stayed level.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed level.
The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.0%.
The Nasdaq 100 Index rose 0.9%.
The Volatility Index declined 1.6%.
Large cap stocks, as represented by the S&P 100 Index, rose 0.9%.
Mid cap stocks, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index, rose 1.3%.
Small cap stocks, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, rose 1.1%.
Name
Ticker
DoD %Δ
YTD %Δ
1 Yr %
2 Yr %
5 Yr %
S&P 500
SPY
0.0%
-13.0%
-1.3%
+32.7%
+84.8%
Dow Jones Industrial Average
DIA
0.0%
-8.7%
-3.7%
+25.9%
+72.6%
Nasdaq Composite Index
ONEQ
+1.0%
-22.4%
-11.5%
+25.2%
+101.2%
Nasdaq 100 Index
QQQ
+0.90%
-22.7%
-8.0%
+29.6%
+123.1%
CBOE Volatility Index
VXX
-1.6%
+18.9%
-34.0%
-81.1%
-19.2%
S&P Large Cap
OEF
+0.89%
-14.5%
-1.4%
+31.7%
+88.3%
S&P Mid Cap
IJH
+1.3%
-10.2%
-5.9%
+35.6%
+56.5%
S&P Small Cap
IJR
+1.1%
-10.2%
-8.5%
+42.1%
+58.1%
Sectors
Stocks in the Real Estate sector rose the most with a 1.3% gain.
Stocks in the Utilities sector fell the most with a 0.1% decline.
With a 150.4% gain, stocks in the Technology sector have advanced the most over the past 5 years
With a 13.3% decline, stocks in the Telecom sector have declined the most over the past 5 years
Name
Ticker
DoD %Δ
YTD %Δ
1 Yr %
2 Yr %
5 Yr %
Real Estate
IYR
+1.3%
-15.3%
-2.5%
+20.7%
+42.7%
Telecom
IYZ
+0.55%
-17.4%
-17.9%
-3.8%
-13.3%
Consumer Staples
XLP
+0.53%
-3.8%
+5.8%
+28.7%
+47.8%
Consumer Discretionary
XLY
0.0%
-24.3%
-9.1%
+19.4%
+79.0%
Technology
IYW
0.0%
-22.9%
-5.0%
+36.9%
+150.4%
Health Care
IYH
0.0%
-9.4%
+4.0%
+25.2%
+79.4%
Financials
IYF
0.0%
-10.2%
-5.9%
+30.7%
+62.3%
Industrials
IYJ
0.0%
-12.6%
-11.8%
+24.3%
+55.6%
Materials
IYM
0.0%
+2.7%
+4.0%
+55.9%
+74.1%
Energy
IYE
0.0%
+58.5%
+64.3%
+112.2%
+53.3%
Utilities
IDU
-0.099%
+3.7%
+15.2%
+25.7%
+54.2%
Bonds
The yield on 1-year Treasuries increased by 3 basis points to 2.18% today.
The yield on 5-year Treasuries increased by 3 basis points to 2.95% today.
The yield on 10-year Treasuries increased by 4 basis points to 2.96% today.
The yield on 30-year Treasuries increased by 2 basis points to 3.11% today.
Name
Ticker
Yield
DoD Yield Δ
1-year Treasuries
DGS1
2.18%
+0.03%
5-year Treasuries
DGS5
2.95%
+0.03%
10-year Treasuries
DGS10
2.96%
+0.04%
30-year Treasuries
DGS30
3.11%
+0.02%
Credit
Investment grade corporate bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index rose by 0.5%.
High yield bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index rose by 0.2%.
Emerging market bonds tracked by the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Core Index rose by 0.6%.
Name
Ticker
DoD %Δ
YTD %Δ
1 Yr %
2 Yr %
5 Yr %
Investment Grade
LQD
+0.53%
-14.3%
-12.9%
-11.0%
+7.4%
High Yield
HYG
+0.23%
-8.6%
-6.7%
+0.6%
+11.8%
Emerging Markets
EMB
+0.57%
-16.1%
-16.4%
-10.6%
-3.7%
Commodities
The S&P GSCI Total Return Index, the leading measure of general commodity price movements, rose by 0.7%
West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose by 2.0%.
Brent crude oil rose by 1.5%.
Gold rose by 0.7%.
Copper stayed level.
Silver rose by 0.7%.
Name
Ticker
DoD %Δ
YTD %Δ
1 Yr %
2 Yr %
5 Yr %
S&P GSCI Total Return Index
GSG
+0.73%
+51.6%
+63.9%
+149.4%
+83.7%
Bloomberg Commodity Index TR
DJCB
0.0%
+40.4%
+47.3%
+120.9%
+77.7%
Crude Oil West Texas Intermediate
DBO
+2.0%
+49.1%
+64.6%
+186.1%
+152.0%
Brent Crude Oil
BNO
+1.5%
+66.8%
+90.8%
+216.8%
+160.3%
Gold
IAU
+0.66%
+0.5%
-2.9%
+8.9%
+40.5%
Copper
CPER
0.0%
-1.2%
-3.4%
+67.6%
+62.4%
Silver
SLV
+0.74%
-5.3%
-21.0%
+25.7%
+21.5%
Currencies
The Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a basket of other currencies, weakened by 0.1% to $27.33 today.
The Euro strengthened by 0.1% to $1.07.
The British pound strengthened by 0.5% to $1.26.
The Japanese yen strengthened by 0.5% to 132.61 per dollar.
Name
Ticker
Price
DoD %Δ
Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index
UUP
$27.33
-0.1%
EUR-USD
EURUSD
$1.07
+0.1%
GBP-USD
GBPUSD
$1.26
+0.5%
USD-JPY
USDJPY
132.61¥
+0.5%
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin declined by 0.1% to $31434.41 today.
Ethereum declined by 0.8% to $1845.25 today.
Tether declined by 0.1% to $0.9990582900352275 today.
