Small-Cap Russell Dominates Stock Market Hump Day

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024Markets were up across the board today, with the blue-chip Dow notching yet another all-time closing high. The Dow gained +337 points, +0.79%, for the session. The S&P 500, which had last posted an all-time closing high on Monday, was just short today, up +0.47% but 14 points off its Monday closing high.The tech-heavy Nasdaq, which hasn’t reached a new closing high since July of this year, was the relative laggard among top indexes: +0.28%. The small-cap Russell 2000, three full ...