Stock Market Update
10-Dec-24 11:35 ET
Energy shares and regional banks boost small cap index
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[BRIEFING.COM] The small cap Russell 2000 trades 0.1% higher than yesterday.
Gains in regional bank shares and energy components have boosted the small cap index. Strength in these areas has also propelled the S&P 500 energy sector to trade 0.4% higher and the SPDR S&P Regional Bank ETF (KRE) to trade 1.3% higher.
Also, the S&P 500 financial sector shows a 0.3% gain.
The Russell 2000 has also benefitted from buy-the-dip interest after a soft start to the week.
