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The S&P 500 finished above the 4,000 milestone for the first time Thurday as stocks kicked off April with a rally, building on first-quarter gains a day after President Joe Biden unveiled his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. Thursday was the final trading session of the week, with U.S. equity markets closed for Good Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose around 173 points, or 0.5%, to close near 33,155, according to preliminary figures, while the S&P 500 advanced around 47 points, or 1.7%, to end near 4,020. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite left the other major benchmarks behind, jumping around 233 points, or 1.8%, to end near 13,480.
4:03 p.m. April 1, 2021Most popular stocks ›
BAC /zigman2/quotes/200894270/composite | 39.15 | +0.41 | +1.06% |
C /zigman2/quotes/207741460/composite | 72.45 | -0.09 | -0.12% |
MSFT /zigman2/quotes/207732364/composite | 260.74 | +1.24 | +0.48% |
INTC /zigman2/quotes/203649727/composite | 64.75 | -0.27 | -0.42% |
CSCO /zigman2/quotes/209509471/composite | 52.80 | +1.16 | +2.25% |
F /zigman2/quotes/208911460/composite | 12.23 | -0.01 | -0.08% |
WFC /zigman2/quotes/203790192/composite | 43.84 | +1.60 | +3.79% |
JPM /zigman2/quotes/205971034/composite | 153.30 | +1.13 | +0.74% |
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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Legendary Chicago investment and fund manager Richard Driehaus died late Tuesday of natural causes at 78, his firm, Driehaus Capital Management, announced Wednesday. Crain's Chicago Business reported that he'd suffered a brain hemorrhage. He was as well-known locally for philanthropy and historical preservation as for financial acumen. DePaul University's undergraduate business college bears his name, as does a prize for traditional and classicist architecture awarded by the University of Notre Dame. His boutique management firm, with $13.2 billion under management at the end of February, operates from a cluster of meticulously restored properties in the River North section of Chicago, a short walk from his restored Gold Coast mansion. "Richard led a life of zest and intellectual curiosity. His path and personal story were larger than life, and the impact he made as an investor is perhaps only rivaled by the extensive legacy he left as a philanthropist," said Driehaus CEO Steve Weber, in a statement. In 2000, he was identified by Barron's as one of 25 individuals who had been most influential in the mutual-fund business over the prior century.
7:55 p.m. March 10, 2021Most popular funds ›
Fidelity Contra /zigman2/quotes/202430342/realtime | 17.91 | +0.03 | +0.17% |
Vanguard 500 Idx /zigman2/quotes/209016161/realtime | 386.56 | +1.39 | +0.36% |
CGM Tr Focus /zigman2/quotes/203752257/realtime | 42.94 | +0.36 | +0.85% |
Dodge Cox Stock /zigman2/quotes/202530840/realtime | 228.96 | +0.94 | +0.41% |
Fairholme /zigman2/quotes/200889155/realtime | 29.98 | +0.09 | +0.30% |
T. Rowe Price Eq Inc /zigman2/quotes/202557696/realtime | 36.49 | +0.18 | +0.50% |
USAA Metals Min /zigman2/quotes/205465333/realtime | 20.85 | +0.23 | +1.12% |
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iShares Russell 2000 /zigman2/quotes/209961116/composite | 224.65 | +0.36 | +0.16% |
Financial Sector SPDR /zigman2/quotes/209660484/composite | 35.40 | +0.25 | +0.71% |
Energy Sector SPDR /zigman2/quotes/206420077/composite | 48.40 | -0.39 | -0.80% |
iShares MSCI Em Mkt /zigman2/quotes/201454250/composite | 54.35 | +0.14 | +0.26% |
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell suggested Wednesday that, when the Fed decides to slow or taper its asset purchases, it will use the same strategy it used in 2013 and 2014.
2:53 p.m. April 14, 2021Targeted lending could make a big impact on climate change without breaching the Fed's independence
9:06 a.m. April 14, 2021Bonds ›
6 mo Treasury /zigman2/quotes/211347049/realtime | 0.04 | -0.0025 | -5.88% |
2 yr Treasury /zigman2/quotes/211347045/realtime | 0.17 | +0.0081 | +5.16% |
5 yr Treasury /zigman2/quotes/211347048/realtime | 0.82 | -0.0097 | -1.17% |
10 yr Treasury /zigman2/quotes/211347051/realtime | 1.57 | -0.01 | -0.83% |
30 yr Treasury /zigman2/quotes/211347052/realtime | 2.26 | -0.01 | -0.65% |
Currencies »
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 bounced between slight gains and losses and was last up 0.2%, the first market reaction after a summit by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga with President Joe Biden over the weekend.
11:10 p.m. April 18, 2021As cryptocurrencies take a big step into maturity with the trading debut of Coinbase, it's time to consider their long-term outlook. A pair of financial-markets experts weighed in on that idea at the MarketWatch-Barron’s event Investing In Crypto, held Wednesday.
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Commodities »
Monday, April 19 marks an important initial court date.
12:25 a.m. Today12:25 a.m. April 19, 2021Commodities ›
Brent Crude /zigman2/quotes/209704782/delayed | 66.53 | -0.24 | -0.36% |
Heating Oil /zigman2/quotes/210062576/delayed | 1.89 | -0.0044 | -0.23% |
Natural Gas /zigman2/quotes/210189548/delayed | 2.72 | +0.04 | +1.42% |
Gold /zigman2/quotes/210034565/delayed | 1,778.30 | -1.90 | -0.11% |
Silver /zigman2/quotes/210315219/delayed | 25.84 | -0.27 | -1.02% |
Platinum /zigman2/quotes/210261555/delayed | 1,210.50 | +1.80 | +0.15% |
Corn /zigman2/quotes/209710348/delayed | 593.50 | +8.00 | +1.37% |