Stock Market Update

Last Updated: 28-Nov-25 12:25 ET | Archive

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Market Snapshot

Dow	47676.45	+249.54	(0.53%)
Nasdaq	23316.54	+101.82	(0.44%)
SP 500	6840.55	+27.95	(0.41%)
10-yr Note

NYSE	Adv 1750	Dec 860	Vol 241.92 mln
Nasdaq	Adv 2631	Dec 1441	Vol 3.47 bln

Industry Watch

Strong: Communication Services, Financials, Consumer Discretionary, Utilities, Materials, Real Estate

Weak: Health Care

Moving the Market

--Major averages modestly higher as stocks advance in broad fashion

--The stock market closes early at 1:00 p.m. ET. The Treasury market closes early at 2:00 p.m. ET

Health care sector is the sole laggard

28-Nov-25 12:25 ET

Dow +249.54 at 47676.45, Nasdaq +101.82 at 23316.54, S&P +27.95 at 6840.55

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.4%), Nasdaq Composite (+0.4%), and DJIA (+0.5%) close in on solid week-to-date gains with their modest advance today.

The health care sector (-0.7%) is the only blemish in an otherwise positive day. Even with today's underperformance, the health care sector is up 9.0% for the month versus a flat showing from the S&P 500. The sector has gained 12.7% so far in Q4, outpacing the S&P 500's 2.3% quarter-to-date gain by a wide margin.

Eli Lilly (LLY 1073.08, -31.26, -2.83%) is the worst performer across S&P 500 names, with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ 205.63, -1.93, -0.93%) also dipping from recent record levels.

Technology sector holds modest gain

28-Nov-25 12:00 ET

Dow +308.27 at 47735.18, Nasdaq +86.55 at 23301.27, S&P +30.25 at 6842.85

[BRIEFING.COM] The major averages continue to chart session highs with just an hour left in today's abbreviated session.

Intel (INTC 39.63, +2.82, +7.67%) remains the top individual mover today, though pressure in NVIDIA (NVDA 177.00, -3.26, -1.81%) and Oracle (ORCL 201.22, -3.74, -1.82%) keep the information technology sector (+0.2%) just slightly higher despite a 1.5% gain in the PHLX Semiconductor Index.

Major averages closing in on sizable week-to-date gains

28-Nov-25 11:30 ET

Dow +265.87 at 47692.78, Nasdaq +60.45 at 23275.17, S&P +21.19 at 6833.79

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.5%), Nasdaq Composite (+0.5%), and DJIA (+0.6%) hold solid gains as stocks advance in a steady, methodical fashion.

Today's gains put the DJIA in positive territory for the month, while the S&P 500 currently sits on its unchanged month-to-date level. The major averages are all poised for sizable week-to-date gains this week.

Today's abbreviated session has been mostly uneventful following yesterday's holiday closure, but equities are still benefiting from the momentum driven by rising rate-cut expectations.

Ten S&P 500 sectors trade higher, led by the energy (+1.7%), financials (+1.1%), and materials (+0.9%) sectors.

Only the health care sector (-0.6%) faces some modest profit-taking after recent outperformance, with the sector still up 9.0% for the month of November.

Intel (INTC 39.58, +2.76, +7.51%) is the top mover across S&P 500 names today, trading higher after analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported on X that Apple (AAPL 276.15, -1.40, -0.50%) may begin sourcing its lowest-end M-series processors from INTC as early as 2027.

Outside of the S&P 500, the Russell 2000 (+0.5%) and S&P Mid Cap 400 (+0.5%) also hold solid gains.

The stock market will close early at 1:00 p.m. ET, and the Treasury market will close early at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war heats up

28-Nov-25 11:05 ET

Dow +280.02 at 47706.93, Nasdaq +86.52 at 23301.24, S&P +25.11 at 6837.71

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.4%), Nasdaq Composite (+0.4%), and DJIA (+0.6%) continue to trade modestly higher in today's abbreviated session.

Comcast (CMCSA 26.76, +0.18, +0.70%) is reportedly weighing a higher bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD 24.06, +0.18, +0.74%), according to the New York Post, adding new intensity to an already crowded takeover battle. This potential move comes as Netflix (NFLX 107.55, +1.41, +1.33%) increases its pursuit of WBD's streaming and studio assets and as Paramount Skydance (PSKY 15.80, +0.01, +0.08%) emerges as the current frontrunner with a $25/share offer for the entire company.

The communication service sector (+0.3%) holds a modest gain for the day.

Financials sector outperforms

28-Nov-25 10:25 ET

Dow +253.42 at 47680.33, Nasdaq +64.09 at 23278.81, S&P +19.89 at 6832.49

[BRIEFING.COM] The major averages continue to steadily tick higher, with today's gains moving the DJIA (+0.6%) back above its unchanged level for November.

The Dow slightly outperforms the S&P 500 (+0.3%) and Nasdaq Composite (+0.3%), with Microsoft (MSFT 491.22, +5.72, +1.18%) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM 312.42, +4.78, +1.55%) among the top performers.

Strength across major banking names has the financials sector (+0.9%) sitting with a solid early gain, while Coinbase Global (COIN 277.63, +12.66, +4.78%) is the top performer in the sector as bitcoin climbs back above $90,000.