Previous Close | 4,567.18 |
Open | 4,586.23 |
Volume |
Day's Range | 4,546.50 - 4,590.74 |
52 Week Range | 3,764.49 - 4,607.07 |
Avg. Volume | 3,760,134,032 |
The latest labor market data revealed a slowing jobs market furthering investor hopes for a soft landing.
After outperforming for much of the years, shares of solid, steady companies have been stuck in place.
Investment banks and asset managers have wildly varying stock market and currency calls for 2024, reflecting deep division over whether the U.S. economy will enter a long-heralded recession and drag the world with it. The lack of consensus among forecasters is a stark contrast to a year ago, when most predicted a U.S. recession and rapid rate cuts that failed to materialise. The divisions this year have produced a scattergram of projections for the U.S. interest rate path and how global assets that are influenced by the Federal Reserve's actions will perform.