Stock Market Update
16-Mar-26 14:30 ET
S&P 500 Rises 77 Points as Ciena, Intel, and Coinbase Lead Gains; Bio-Techne Lags
Dow +438.64
at 46996.00,
Nasdaq +315.75
at 22421.12,
S&P +76.65
at 6710.83
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&PO 500 (+1.16%) is up 77 points this afternoon, good enough for second place.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents Ciena (CIEN 363.62,+26.25, +7.78%), Intel (INTC 47.67, +1.90, +4.15%), and Coinbase Global (COIN 204.48, +8.95, +4.58%) pepper the top of the standings. CIEN follows strength in memory and optical peers, while INTC rises on speculation the company could be involved in Tesla's (TSLA 398.21, +7.01, +1.79%) proposed "Terafab" project and ahead of potential partnership announcements with Nvidia at this week’s Nvidia GTC conference.
Meanwhile, Bio-Techne (TECH 48.73, -2.12, -4.17%) is one of today's worst laggards.
