Stock Market Update
04-Mar-26 15:00 ET
Major averages maintaining solid gains in afternoon trade
Dow +315.68
at 48815.84,
Nasdaq +349.13
at 22865.84,
S&P +66.70
at 6885.32
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+1.0%), Nasdaq Composite (+1.6%), and DJIA (+0.7%) continue to trade higher as the market enters the final hour of the session.
Not much has changed since the midday hours, though the real estate sector (+0.1%) has managed to slide into positive territory, leaving just the energy (-1.0%) and consumer staples (-0.4%) sectors as today's laggards.
Crude oil futures still settled today's session $0.12 higher (+0.2%) at $74.70 per barrel, though the gains are minuscule in comparison to the previous sessions this week.
