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U.S. stock futures were beginning April higher after the Dow and S&P 500 closed out their best month since November.

with a gain of 4.2%. The index hit an all-time intraday high Wednesday but it failed to close at a record., which closed at a record Monday, saw its second modest decline in a row Wednesday. But the 30-stock average, like the S&P 500, had its best month since November, posting a March gain of 6.6%. For the quarter, the blue-chip Dow and the S&P 500 rose 7.8% and 5.8%, respectively, for their fourth positive quarter in a row.broke a two-session losing streak, with a 1.5% gain Wednesday.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq has recently been the relative underperformer as technology stocks are especially sensitive to rising market interest rates because they depend on borrowing money cheaply to invest in future growth. For March, the index gained just 0.4%. For the quarter, it gained 2.8%.A woman goes in to a store on February 22, 2021, in New York City.The 10-year Treasury yield, which is used as a benchmark for many corporate and consumer loan rates, hit another new 14-month high over 1.

 

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Um. Do you all even know the stock market and what traders really care about? It's not this lol.

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