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Stock market today: S&P 500 closes at record to wrap up best month of 2024

Investing.com–The S&P 500 closed at a record high holiday-shortened trading session Friday, wrapping up its best month of 2024.

At 1.00 p.m. ET (1800 GMT), the S&P 500 rose 0.6% to a closing record of 6,032.4, while NASDAQ Composite has gained 0.8% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 0.4%, or 188 points to a record close.

The S&P 500, NASDAQ Composite and Dow Jones Industrial Average were trading up between 5% and 7% for November, having rallied to a series of record highs in the wake of a Trump election victory.

Tech leads market higher

Tech ended the month on a strong footing, underpinned by a rise in chip stocks.

Chip stocks including NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), ASML Holding NV ADR (NASDAQ:ASML) and Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) were more than 1% higher following a Bloomberg report that suggested President Joe Biden was considering additional bans on chip equipment sales to China that could be less restrictive than feared.

Fed speak on tap as Dec meeting looms

Focus in the coming week will be on comments from a slew of Fed officials, including Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday, for more cues on interest rates.

Despite recent signs of sticky inflation and labor market strength, markets have largely maintained expectations for a 25 basis point cut in December. The cut will bring the Fed’s total rate cuts in 2024 to 100 bps.

But central bank officials have offered a more cautious outlook on rates in recent addresses, sparking some concerns that the Fed will slow its pace of rate cuts in 2025. Sticky inflation is also expected to elicit a higher terminal rate from the Fed during its current easing cycle.

The Fed is set to meet on December 17 and 18 in its final meeting for the year.

This post appeared first on investing.com
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