S&P, NASDAQ Leap over Meta Rally - InvestingChannel

S&P, NASDAQ Leap over Meta Rally

The S&P 500 gained on Thursday as better-than-expected Meta results further improved sentiment around technology shares, which led the market lower last year.

The Dow Jones Industrials backed off 146.21 points to start off Thursday at 33,946.75.

The S&P 500 gained 33.12 points to 4,152.33.

The NASDAQ Composite spiked 229.43 points, or 1.9%, to 12,045.75.

The gains come ahead of a trio of Big Tech results after the bell in Apple, Amazon and Alphabet.

Meta surged more than 19% after reporting a fourth-quarter beat on revenue and announcing a $40-billion stock buyback. That helped investors look past losses in the business unit overseeing the metaverse.

Other mega-cap tech stocks rose on the back of those results. Shares of Google-parent Alphabet were up more than 4%, while Amazon jumped more than 3%. Apple shares climbed more than 1%.

Prices for the 10-year Treasury heightened, reducing yields to 3.39% from Wednesday’s 3.42%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Oil prices dipped 90 cents to $75.91 U.S. a barrel.

Gold prices inched higher $1.30 to $1,944.10 U.S. an ounce.

Related posts

Advisors in Focus- January 6, 2021

Gavin Maguire

Advisors in Focus- February 15, 2021

Gavin Maguire

Advisors in Focus- February 22, 2021

Gavin Maguire

Advisors in Focus- February 28, 2021

Gavin Maguire

Advisors in Focus- March 18, 2021

Gavin Maguire

Advisors in Focus- March 21, 2021

Gavin Maguire