The main US inventory indices couldn’t maintain the momentum going and is ending the day and the yr with a down day. The declines at this time, nonetheless, weren’t giant sufficient to shut the week decrease. Consequently, the main indices are ending larger for the ninth consecutive week to finish a powerful yr for US indices.

The closing ranges for the day are exhibiting:

• Dow Industrial Common fell -20.58 factors or -0.05% or 37689.55
• S&P fell -13.54 factors or -0.28% at 4769.82
• Nasdaq fell -83.79 factors or -0.56% at 15011.34

The small-capRussell 2000 index fell -31.26 factors ro -1.52% at 2027.07.

For the week, the main indices all closed larger for the ninth consecutive weeks:

• Dow rose 0.81%
• S&P index rose 0.32%
• Nasdaq index rose 0.12%.

The Russell 2000 fell -0.33% with the decline at this time.

For the buying and selling yr, the Nasdaq index led the way in which to the upside, however all three main indices rebounded from sharp declines in 2022.

• Dow rose 13.70% after falling -8.78% in 2022. The Dow industrial common made new all-time highs in 2023 after pushing above the 2022 excessive at 36952.65.
• S&P index rose 24.23% after falling -19.44% in 2022. The S&P acquired inside 3 factors of the all-time excessive shut at 4796.57. The excessive for the yr was reached this week at 4793.30 however couldn’t lengthen to a brand new file shut. .
• Nasdaq index rose 43.42%, the most important achieve since 43.64% in 2020. The achieve over 43% is the third the place the Nasdaq rose between 43% and 44% since 2009. In 2010, the index rose 16.9%. IN 2021, the next yr noticed a achieve of 21.39%

The Russell 2000 rose 15.09% because of a powerful achieve beginning in mid-November.

In 2023, the so-called “Magnificent 7” have been grouped, named and have become the main affect to the beneficial properties seen this yr These shares consisted of Nvidia, Meta, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Tesla. Every of these shares skilled outsized beneficial properties for the yr led by Nvidia.

• Nvidia, 238.87%
• Meta, 194.13%
• Apple, 48.22%
• Alphabet, 58.32%
• Microsoft, 56.80%
• Amazon, 80.95%
• Tesla, 101.72%

Different massive gainers for the yr included:

• Palantir +167.29%
• Uber, +148.97%
• Crowdstrike, 142.49%
• Shopify, 124.37%
• Palo Alto Networks, 111.32%

Some losers this yr included:

• AMC, -82.96%
• Raytheon, -46.77%
• Moderna, -44.63%
• Pfizer, -43.81%
• Chewy, -36.27%

Trying on the 11 sectors of the S&P index, the Data Expertise sector led the way in which with a achieve of 56.39%. The Utilities and Power have been the worst performers in 2023. As a degree of comparability, in 2022, Power and Utilities have been the perfect performing sectors, whereas Communications and Discretionary have been the worst performers: