Winthrop Partners Market Update 4-29-19

Written by Tom Saunders on April 29, 2019

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached record highs last week on the heels of an unexpectedly strong GDP report. Tech shares got a boost from strong quarterly earnings reports from a major player in that sector. Of the benchmark indexes listed here, only the Dow and the Global Dow failed to post gains by the end of the week. The small caps of the Russell 2000 rebounded by gaining over 1.50%, while the S&P 500 closed the week up 1.20%. For the year, each of the indexes listed here are well ahead of their 2018 year-end closing values, led by the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 Click here for more>market-flash 4-29-19