$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX

Friday, the 3 major US stock market indexes posted record closing highs and the S&P 500 registered a 5th straight week of gainers as investors brushed aside worries over the progress of US-China trade talks and as Walt Disney shares rose.

The Cboe volatility index .VIX posted its lowest closing level since 24 July (VXX).

Helping to boost the S&P 500, Walt Disney Co (DIS) gained 3.8% a day after it reported Quarterly results that showed it spent less than it had projected on its online streaming service, Disney+. Disney’s popular theme parks and a remake of “The Lion King” lifted earnings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 6.44 points, or 0.02%, to 27,681.24, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 7.9 points, or 0.26%, to 3,093.08 and the NAS Comp .IXIC added 40.80 points, or 0.48%, to 8,475.31.

On the week

The S&P 500 rose 0.8%, posting a 5th week running of gainers, while the NAS gained 1.1%, closing out its 6th straight week of gainers. The DJIA was up 1.2% on the week.

Increasing optimism on the trade front and better-than-expected earnings have driven the recent record run in stocks.

Of the 446 S&P 500 companies that have reported results so far, roughly 75% have beaten profit estimates, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.

Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 1.07-to-1 ratio, on the NAS , a 1.13-to-1 ratio favored advancers.

The S&P 500 posted 29 new 52-wk highs and 2 new lows; the NAS Comp Composite recorded 74 new highs and 87 new lows.

Volume: Trade on all US exchanges was 6.59-B shares, compared with the 6.79-B-share average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.

HefX-LTN’s overall outlook for the major US stock indexes if Bullish to Very Bullish at the week ended 8 November 2019.

Have a terrific weekend

  advancers, Bullish, China, deliners, DIA, DIS, Disney, DJIA, earnings, highs, investors, lows, QQQ, RUTX, SPY, stocks, trade, US, VIX, VXX

The following two tabs change content below.

• Bio
• Latest Posts

HEFFX Australia

HEFFX has become one of Asia’s leading financial services companies with interests in Publishing, Private Equity, Capital Markets, Mining, Retail, Transport and Agriculture that span every continent of the world. Our clearing partners have unprecedented experience in Equities, Options, Forex and Commodities brokering, banking, physical metals dealing, floor brokering and trading.

Latest posts by HEFFX Australia (see all)

• Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Battery Day Hints The Event Will Be Groudbreaking - September 18, 2020
• Is Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Stock A Buy Right Now? - September 18, 2020
• Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) A Week Of Uncertainty - September 18, 2020