The 45th record close for the S&P index. Dow also closing at a record level.

• The S&P index closed at a new record level for the 45th time this year.
• The Dow industrial average also closed at a record today.
• The NASDAQ index closed higher today and is within 1.66% of it’s all time record close reached back on July 10 at 18647.45.
• The small-cap Russell 2000 was the biggest gainer today with a search of 2.10%. It is within 1.35% of it’s all time high close at 2263.67.

A snapshot of the closing levels currently shows:

• Dow industrial average +409.74 points or 0.97% at 42863.86.
• S&P index up 34.98 points or 0.61% have 5815.03.
• NASDAQ index up 60.89 points or 0.33% at 18342.94.
• Russell 2000 up 45.99 points or 2.10% at 2234.41.

For the trading week:

• Dow industrial average +1.21%
• S&P index up 1.11%
• NASDAQ index +1.13%
• Russell 2000 up 0.97%

Some big winners this week:

• Trump Media & Technology Group: +53.21%
• Uber Tech: +16.14%
• Super Micro Computer: +15.89%
• Robinhood Markets: +14.77%
• CrowdStrike Holdings: +9.57%
• Celsius: +9.02%
• Palo Alto Networks: +9.01%
• Palantir: +8.72%
• Snowflake: +8.12%
• Arm: +8.01%
• NVIDIA: +7.91%
• SoFi Technologies: +7.39%
• Wells Fargo & Co: +7.06%

Some big losers this week:

• Raytheon: -17.17%
• Tesla: -12.95%
• First Solar: -8.51%
• Nio A ADR: -7.89%
• Tencent ADR: -6.65%
• Alibaba ADR: -3.88%
• General Mills: -3.79%
• Worthington Industries: -3.68%
• ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ: -3.50%
• iShares Global Clean Energy: -3.18%
• Moderna: -3.17%
• Dollar Tree: -2.76%
• GameStop Corp: -2.76%

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.