How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Dec. 30

How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Dec. 30
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Stocks fell on Wall Street as a strong year for the market looks set to end on a sour note.

The S&P 500 closed 1.1 percent lower Monday. On the second-to-last day of 2024, the benchmark index is still on track for its second straight yearly gain of more than 20 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 1 percent, and the Nasdaq composite lost 1.2 percent.

Declines in Big Tech companies like Apple and Microsoft weighed on the market. Boeing fell after one of its jets skidded off a runway in South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 people aboard.

On Monday:

The S&P 500 fell 63.90 points, or 1.1 percent, to 5,906.94.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 418.48 points, or 1 percent, to 42,573.73.

The Nasdaq composite fell 235.25 points, or 1.2 percent, to 19,486.78.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 16.81 points, or 0.7 percent, to 2,227.78.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is up 1,137.11 points, or 23.8 percent.

The Dow is up 4,884.19, or 13 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 4,475.43 points, or 29.8 percent.

The Russell 2000 is up 200.70 points, or 9.9 percent.

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