S&P 500
Profile
The S&P 500 index is a value-weighted index of 500 of the largest companies actively trading in the United States. With companies from over 100 unique sectors, this diverse index comprises over 70% of the total market cap of all stocks traded in the US. The S&P 500, in its present form, began on 4 March 1957 and the index first hit 100 on 4 June 1968. If needed, you may want to check out our post What Is An Index.
Key Information
| Close Yesterday 1056.74 | Market Cap N/A |
| 1 Day Change -0.89% | P/E Ratio N/A |
| 1 Week Change -2.98% | P/B Ratio N/A |
| 1 Month Change -7.71% | Beta N/A |
| Year-to-Date Change -5.23% | Next Earnings N/A |
| 1 Year Change 27.76% | 20 Day Month Average 1106.53 |
| 52 Week High / Low 1150.23 / 676.53 | 50 Day Month Average 1111.00 |
| % Off 52 Week High -8.13% | RSI 34.24 |
| % Off 52 Week Low 56.20% | MACD -14.00 |
| Volume 969.92M | Bollinger Band Upper / Lower 1170.55 / 1042.50 |
| 3 Month Average Volume 996.50M |
News
Stocks and Gold Slice Through Support
The Market Oracle - 1 hour ago
The S&P 500 sliced through its January lows yesterday, killing any notion that this latest drop is just a brief dip with which to buy. The next lines of support are the November low (1,040) and ...
S&P 500: Wells Fargo & Co in upgrade
Economy News - 2 hours ago
S&P 500 Index futures sharply higher, but it is a mixed bag for US banking stock with Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase futures lower. The S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP:.INX) closed 0.89% lower at 1,056.74 on ...
S&P 500 Correction: How Low Can It Go?
ONN.tv - 3 hours ago
Kevin Cook is an options instructor for the Options News Network. He was an institutional foreign exchange market maker and arbitrageur for nine years, where he worked with futures. by Kevin Cook ...
Charts of the Week
FXstreet.com The Forex Market - 5 hours ago
by Mike Paulenoff This week's Charts of the Week cover the overall equity market via the S&P 500 and then look at the dollar (via its ETF, the UUP) and commodities such as gold, silver and ...
Daily Market Report
Fxtraders.eu - 6 hours ago
Very interesting bar on daily chart Friday in the S&P 500 futures with daily record volume this year and the highest volume day seen since 21st of November2008. The bar closed way off the lows as ... We also note that Gold tested the previous key support 1075 overnight - FXstreet.com The Forex Market
105 S&P 500 stocks are 10% or more off their highs
USA Today - 7 hours ago
By Matt Krantz, USA TODAY The threat of a correction for the broad market is worrying investors, but that 10% drop — or worse — has already happened in 2010 for some stocks, including several of ...
S&P 500 Emini Day Trading Gap Tuesday February 9, 2010
istockAnalyst.com - 8 hours ago
S&P 500 Emini Futures Day Trading THE GAP S&P 500 Emini Day Trading Gap Tuesday February 9, 2010 S&P Emini 500 Futures opened right at Friday's close, so, no gap today. The index traded mostly ...
S&P 500 Index: PepsiCo Inc and Corning Inc in broker upgrades
Economy News - 9 hours ago
The S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP:.INX) closed higher by 0.29% at 1,066.19 points on what turned out to be a good close to a poor week. This morning sees S&P 500 futures 0.007% lower. With Nasdaq ...
Direxion Shares Announces Reverse Share Split of Five Mutual Funds
Market Wire - 10 hours ago
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - February 9, 2010) - Direxion, a pioneer in providing alternative investment strategies to sophisticated investors, announced today a reverse split of the shares of the ... Negative Reversal! - istockAnalyst.com
Which Industry Sectors Will Outperform?
Investorplace.com - 10 hours ago
By ETFguide.com Last year materials and technology stocks within the S&P 500 (NYSEArca: SPY) outperformed the total US stock market (NYSEArca: VTI) by a wide margin. VTI rose an impressive 28.82 ...
