Dow edges to record, but Nasdaq winning streak ends

By MG News | December 28, 2019 at 10:10 AM GMT+05:00
Dec 28, 2019: The Dow finished at a fresh record on Friday following a sleepy session, but the Nasdaq declined, ending a streak of 10 straight records.
The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index finished down 0.2 percent at 9,006.62.
But the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1 percent to 28,645.26, its second straight record. The broad-based S&P 500 ended essentially unchanged at 3,240.02.
Analysts have attributed the latest run of records to upbeat investor sentiment based on a lower risk of recession in the immediate future, a mellowing of US-China trade tensions and accommodative monetary policy.
Stocks have followed a nearly unbroken line upward since early October, drifting higher much of this week amid low trading volumes in the period between the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
"It's a market that's gotten used to the fact that a lot of the things that were concerning last year feel better this year," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at National Securities.
Still, some market watchers expect a pullback in the foreseeable future in light of the market's nearly unbroken run higher. Stocks have risen to higher-than-normal valuations as a result of the run.
Analysts say such a retreat would be natural due to technical trading factors, although it could also be sparked by an unexpected negative news event, such as a sharpening of US-China trade tensions.
Among individual companies, The Michaels Companies surged 32.9 percent as it announced that Walmart e-commerce executive Ashley Buchanan would join the arts, crafts and framing retailer as chief executive in January.
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