Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite set records soon after the opening bell following strong sales growth as reported by major US retailers including Walmart, Kohl’s and Home Depot. — Reuters pic
The benchmark S&P 500 index topped an all-time peak reached in February just before the onset of Covid-19. The tech-heavy Nasdaq hit a record high for the second consecutive day in a session where declining stocks outnumbered rising shares. Historically low interest rates and very accommodative monetary and fiscal policy in the United States and abroad have aided the rally, said William Northey, senior investment director at US Bank Wealth Management in Helena, Montana.
The S&P slumped to a pandemic low on March 23 and has surged about 55 per cent since then, making the bear market that started in late February the benchmark index’s shortest in history. Gold rose more than 1 per cent to climb back above the US$2,000 level breached earlier this month, as the dollar fell against a basket of major currencies for a fifth consecutive trading day, under pressure from low yields and mostly bleak US economic data.
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