Market Slips Again as Q1 Earnings Roll On

Wednesday, April 17th, 2024Tell me if this sounds familiar: market indices couldn’t hold onto morning gains. That’s what happened again today, when the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 all came in at the opening bell in the green, only to see trading slip away and close near session lows. There was a slight reprieve just ahead of the 3:00 hour, but the Dow wound up -0.12%, the S&P 500 -0.58%, the small-cap Russell 2000 -0.98% and the Nasdaq -1.51%. It’s now the fourth-straight day lower on the S&P and ...