Stock Market Update
18-Sep-25 14:30 ET
S&P 500 rises as KLAC, AMAT lead tech gains; SPGI sinks on FactSet drag
Dow +144.14
at 46162.25,
Nasdaq +232.35
at 22493.68,
S&P +36.77
at 6637.11
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.56%) is in second place on Thursday afternoon.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents KLA Corporation (KLAC 1051.65, +61.78, +6.24%), Applied Materials (AMAT 188.94, +10.81, +6.07%), and Allstate (ALL 207.04, +9.79, +4.96%) pepper the top of the standings. Large cap tech, including KLAC and AMAT, are driving today's gains in the S&P, while ALL rises following this morning's news of $213 mln in estimated catastrophe losses for month of August.
Meanwhile, S&P Global (SPGI 509.96, -34.14, -6.27%) is one of the worst three performers today, down in sympathy on FactSet (FDS 306.35, -29.69, -8.84%) results and guidance.
