Stock Market Update
05-Mar-25 13:55 ET
Nasdaq rises ahead of Fed’s Beige Book as dollar declines, gold gains slightly
Dow +293.62
at 42814.30,
Nasdaq +164.90
at 18450.06,
S&P +38.13
at 5816.28
[BRIEFING.COM] The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+0.90%) is atop the major averages, now up more than 160 points ahead of the Fed's Beige Book for March, which is due at the top of the hour.
Gold futures settled $5.40 higher (+0.2%) to $2,926.00/oz, helped along by fairly decent losses in the dollar.
Currently, the U.S. Dollar Index is down -1% to $104.49.
