U.S. stocks rose by 2.0% today fueled by a 0.3% decline in small cap stocks and a 2.4% increase in energy stocks. The S&P 500 Index is currently down 15.2% year-to-date, and down 2.3% over the past 12 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently down 10.9% year-to-date, and down 4.8% over the past 12 months. Elsewhere, commodities climbed 2.4% with gold rising 0.9%, crude oil rising 1.4% and copper rising 0.9%. The yield on 10-year Treasuries is 2.84%, while the dollar weakened by 0.4% against a basket of other currencies. Meanwhile, investment grade corporate bonds rose by 0.1%, and high yield bonds fell by 0.1%.
Stocks
The S&P 500 Index rose 2.0%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.6%.
The Nasdaq Composite Index declined 1.0%.
The Nasdaq 100 Index declined 1.1%.
The Volatility Index declined 4.9%.
Large cap stocks, as represented by the S&P 100 Index, declined 0.3%.
Mid cap stocks, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index, declined 0.6%.
Small cap stocks, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, declined 0.3%.
Name
Ticker
DoD %Δ
YTD %Δ
1 Yr %
2 Yr %
5 Yr %
S&P 500
SPY
+2.0%
-15.2%
-2.3%
+44.5%
+82.4%
Dow Jones Industrial Average
DIA
+1.6%
-10.9%
-4.8%
+40.8%
+70.0%
Nasdaq Composite Index
ONEQ
-0.95%
-24.2%
-11.2%
+33.4%
+100.6%
Nasdaq 100 Index
QQQ
-1.1%
-24.0%
-7.0%
+36.7%
+125.3%
CBOE Volatility Index
VXX
-4.9%
+40.2%
-32.7%
-82.3%
-4.7%
S&P Large Cap
OEF
-0.34%
-16.3%
-2.2%
+41.1%
+86.3%
S&P Mid Cap
IJH
-0.55%
-14.0%
-9.5%
+57.3%
+50.7%
S&P Small Cap
IJR
-0.30%
-14.8%
-11.1%
+70.2%
+50.4%
Sectors
Stocks in the Energy sector rose the most with a 2.4% gain.
Stocks in the Consumer Discretionary sector fell the most with a 2.2% decline.
With a 150.7% gain, stocks in the Technology sector have advanced the most over the past 5 years
With a 12.0% 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 %
Energy
IYE
+2.4%
+42.2%
+53.6%
+137.6%
+32.6%
Consumer Staples
XLP
+2.0%
+0.2%
+11.2%
+41.2%
+59.7%
Materials
IYM
+1.8%
-3.3%
-1.6%
+73.5%
+65.5%
Utilities
IDU
+1.6%
-0.8%
+9.4%
+34.5%
+53.1%
Industrials
IYJ
+1.4%
-16.4%
-15.0%
+45.0%
+51.0%
Health Care
IYH
+1.3%
-10.5%
+2.3%
+26.9%
+79.7%
Financials
IYF
+0.91%
-14.1%
-8.2%
+53.2%
+54.5%
Telecom
IYZ
-0.42%
-19.2%
-19.6%
+5.8%
-12.0%
Real Estate
IYR
-0.66%
-16.3%
+1.7%
+46.2%
+43.5%
Technology
IYW
-1.3%
-24.5%
-3.3%
+45.5%
+150.7%
Consumer Discretionary
XLY
-2.2%
-25.4%
-10.3%
+33.7%
+78.9%
Bonds
The yield on 1-year Treasuries decreased by 3 basis points to 1.96% today.
The yield on 5-year Treasuries decreased by 8 basis points to 2.81% today.
The yield on 10-year Treasuries decreased by 7.000000000000001 basis points to 2.84% today.
The yield on 30-year Treasuries decreased by 5 basis points to 3% today.
Name
Ticker
Yield
DoD Yield Δ
1-year Treasuries
DGS1
1.96%
-0.03%
5-year Treasuries
DGS5
2.81%
-0.08%
10-year Treasuries
DGS10
2.84%
-0.07%
30-year Treasuries
DGS30
3%
-0.05%
Credit
Investment grade corporate bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index rose by 0.1%.
High yield bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index fell by 0.1%.
Emerging market bonds tracked by the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Core Index fell by 0.5%.
Name
Ticker
DoD %Δ
YTD %Δ
1 Yr %
2 Yr %
5 Yr %
Investment Grade
LQD
+0.13%
-15.0%
-13.0%
-9.0%
+8.1%
High Yield
HYG
-0.14%
-10.4%
-8.5%
+6.2%
+10.3%
Emerging Markets
EMB
-0.53%
-16.9%
-16.6%
-5.7%
-3.4%
Commodities
The S&P GSCI Total Return Index, the leading measure of general commodity price movements, rose by 2.4%
West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose by 1.4%.
Brent crude oil rose by 2.6%.
Gold rose by 0.9%.
Copper rose by 0.9%.
Silver rose by 2.6%.
Name
Ticker
DoD %Δ
YTD %Δ
1 Yr %
2 Yr %
5 Yr %
S&P GSCI Total Return Index
GSG
+2.4%
+41.3%
+57.9%
+164.2%
+67.5%
Bloomberg Commodity Index TR
DJCB
0.0%
+31.2%
+41.9%
+118.1%
+66.0%
Crude Oil West Texas Intermediate
DBO
+1.4%
+37.9%
+59.9%
+221.5%
+127.8%
Brent Crude Oil
BNO
+2.6%
+52.8%
+82.9%
+270.2%
+129.4%
Gold
IAU
+0.93%
-1.2%
-2.1%
+3.1%
+45.1%
Copper
CPER
+0.87%
-7.2%
-11.9%
+70.0%
+53.5%
Silver
SLV
+2.6%
-9.7%
-23.7%
+25.2%
+23.3%
Currencies
The Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a basket of other currencies, weakened by 0.4% to $27.86 today.
The Euro strengthened by 0.2% to $1.04.
The British pound strengthened by 0.5% to $1.23.
The Japanese yen weakened by 0.1% to 129.13 per dollar.
Name
Ticker
Price
DoD %Δ
Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index
UUP
$27.86
-0.4%
EUR-USD
EURUSD
$1.04
+0.2%
GBP-USD
GBPUSD
$1.23
+0.5%
USD-JPY
USDJPY
129.13¥
-0.1%
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin rose by 0.9% to $30125.97 today.
Ethereum rose by 0.1% to $2046.82 today.
Tether declined by 0.2% to $0.9976999823151989 today.
