Stock Market Update
20-Dec-24 14:30 ET
S&P 500 gains, trails major averages despite standouts like Enphase, Palantir, and Humana
Dow +724.38
at 43066.62,
Nasdaq +324.37
at 19735.63,
S&P +94.84
at 5961.62
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+1.62%) is higher by about 95 points today, yet remains in last place among the major average with more aggressive gains being had elsewhere.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents Enphase Energy (ENPH 71.41, +5.61, +8.53%), Palantir Technologies (PLTR 79.61, +5.40, +7.28%), and Humana (HUM 251.44, +15.66, +6.64%) dot the top of the standings. ENPH caught an analyst upgrade to Mixed at OTR Global this morning, PLTR jumps despite a dearth of corporate news, and HUM gains after naming former Citi (C 69.82, +1.40, +2.05%) exec Japan Mehta as the company's Chief Information Officer.
Meanwhile, Old Dominion (ODFL 181.25, -6.49, -3.46%) is today's worst laggard amid news of FedEx (FDX 277.16, +1.28, +0.46%) LTL spin-off.
