By Philip van Doorn
On a wild Monday, the broad U.S. stock market turned green in the last few minutes of trading, recovering from big declines early in the day.
As the day wore on, investors seemed to buy into the idea that the declines during what analysts at Jefferies called a “ 42-day slump ,” especially for technology stocks, were overdone, despite investor fears of rising interest rates as the Federal Reserve makes moves to fight inflation.
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On Jan. 20, Katie Nixon, chief investment officer at Northern Trust Wealth Management, had written that in light of her assumption that inflation will moderate late this year and in 2023, “it does not seem plausible that the Fed can tighten as much as the market is currently anticipating.”
Below is a list of stocks in the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.12% that had the largest swings between intraday highs and lows for the session.
Here’s how the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.17% , Nasdaq Composite Index /zigman2/quotes/210598365/realtime COMP +0.31% and Nasdaq-100 Index /zigman2/quotes/210598364/realtime NDX +0.53% fared on Jan. 24 — their closing gains and intraday volatility:
| Index | Price change – Jan. 24 | Close | High – Jan. 24 | Low – Jan. 24 | High/low – Jan. 24 | Maximum decline – Jan. 24 |
| S&P 500 | 0.3% | 4,410.13 | 4,417.35 | 4,222.62 | 4.6% | -3.3% |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 0.3% | 34,364.50 | 34,420.99 | 33,150.33 | 3.8% | -4.0% |
| Nasdaq Composite Index | 0.6% | 13,855.13 | 13,876.61 | 13,094.65 | 6.0% | -4.9% |
| Nasdaq-100 Index | 0.5% | 14,509.58 | 14,532.57 | 13,724.85 | 5.9% | -4.9% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||
Most volatile stocks among the S&P 500
These 17 stocks among the S&P 500 had price swings of at least 10% on Jan. 24:
| Company | Ticker | High/low – Jan. 24 | High – Jan. 24 | Low – Jan. 24 | Price change -Jan. 24 | Decline from 52`-week high | Date of 52-week high |
| Moderna Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/205619834/composite MRNA | 14.4% | $158.00 | $138.17 | -1.7% | -68% | 08/10/2021 |
| Etsy Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/202790087/composite ETSY | 14.1% | $155.15 | $136.00 | 3.5% | -50% | 11/26/2021 |
| Devon Energy Corp. | /zigman2/quotes/209479244/composite DVN | 13.2% | $48.55 | $42.87 | 4.8% | -7% | 01/18/2022 |
| Enphase Energy Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/207948472/composite ENPH | 13.1% | $128.31 | $113.40 | 1.7% | -55% | 11/22/2021 |
| Penn National Gaming Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/209264611/composite PENN | 12.5% | $42.49 | $37.76 | 3.6% | -70% | 03/15/2021 |
| SolarEdge Technologies Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/207754270/composite SEDG | 12.5% | $225.91 | $200.86 | 2.5% | -42% | 11/22/2021 |
| Nvidia Corp. | /zigman2/quotes/200467500/composite NVDA | 11.9% | $233.80 | $208.88 | 0.0% | -33% | 11/22/2021 |
| Caesars Entertainment Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/205281174/composite CZR | 11.9% | $76.10 | $68.00 | 5.3% | -37% | 10/01/2021 |
| Xilinx Inc. | 11.7% | $185.87 | $166.43 | -1.2% | -23% | 11/30/2021 | |
| Bath & Body Works Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/202062875/composite BBWI | 11.0% | $56.53 | $50.94 | 5.9% | -31% | 11/18/2021 |
| Gap Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/206554267/composite GPS | 10.9% | $17.13 | $15.45 | 7.9% | -55% | 05/18/2021 |
| Fortinet Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/205733290/composite FTNT | 10.6% | $290.75 | $262.84 | 0.6% | -22% | 12/29/2021 |
| Generac Holdings Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/208144117/composite GNRC | 10.5% | $287.47 | $260.24 | 5.5% | -45% | 11/02/2021 |
| Netflix Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/202353025/composite NFLX | 10.2% | $387.26 | $351.46 | -2.6% | -45% | 11/17/2021 |
| Diamondback Energy Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/201200230/composite FANG | 10.0% | $120.14 | $109.21 | 1.2% | -9% | 01/18/2022 |
| Align Technology Inc. | /zigman2/quotes/200300692/composite ALGN | 10.0% | $475.32 | $432.09 | 2.5% | -36% | 09/23/2021 |
| Bio-Techne Corp. | /zigman2/quotes/203973516/composite TECH | 10.0% | $382.56 | $347.88 | 4.0% | -30% | 09/23/2021 |
| Source: FactSet | |||||||
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