Stock Market Update
29-Oct-24 15:05 ET
GOOG outperforms in front of earnings
Dow -72.83
at 42314.74,
Nasdaq +155.09
at 18722.28,
S&P +18.91
at 5842.43
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 trades nearly 20 points, or 0.3%, higher and the Dow Jones Industrial Average trades down about 70 points, or 0.2%.
Alphabet (GOOG 171.33, +2.5, +1.8%) is an influential winner in front of its earnings report after the close. Dow component Visa (V 283.64, -0.54, -0.2%), Chubb (CB 288.20, -1.81, -0.6%), and Mondelez (MDLZ 69.29, -0.25, -0.4%) are among the names trading down in front of their quarterly reports this afternoon.
Separately, semiconductor stocks are showing some strength this afternoon, leading the PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) to trade 2.1% higher.
