Stock Market, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Santa Claus

Stock Market Today: Dow ends higher for 4th straight day to kick off Santa rally period in shortened trading on Christmas Eve
Since the start of 2024, the S&P 500 has never once closed below its 200-day moving average, according to Bespoke Investment Group. Barring a sharp selloff between now and the end of the year, this would be only the 12th time since 1952 that this has happened.
Stock market today: Santa Claus rally kicks off with nearly 400-point gains for Dow Jones
Some of the biggest winners were mega-cap tech stocks, with Tesla up by 6% while Broadcom, Netflix, and Amazon each gained about 2%.
Stock Market News: Dow Rises Nearly 400 Points
Today marked the official start to the Santa Claus rally window, which includes the final five days of a year and the first two days of the following year. Since 1950, the S&P 500
Stock Market Today: Dow ends higher for third straight daily gain, as bulls hold out hope for Santa rally
The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 66.69 points or 0.2% to end at 42,906.95 for its third straight daily gain, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The S&P 500 went up 43.22 points or 0.7% to finish at 5,974.07.
Stock Market Today: Stocks Soar to Start the Santa Claus Rally
Markets closed early and volume was thin, but all three main equity benchmarks closed higher on Tuesday to mark the official start of the Santa Claus Rally. Indeed, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the broad-based S&P 500 had their best Christmas Eve showings since 2000 and 2011,

Dow, NASDAQ and Christmas Eve

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