MarketWatch · 2d
Here's what Wall Street expects for the stock market in 2025 after 2 straight years of big gains
A soft finish to 2024 still left stocks with a second straight stellar year. The S&P 500 logged a 23.3% gain, which follows a 24% rise in 2023. The combined gains of more than 53% was the largest two-year percentage jump for the index since year-end 1998,
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Stock market today: Wall Street opens 2025 with gains
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are starting 2025 with gains on Thursday. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% in morning trading and was on track to break a four-day losing streak that dimmed the end of its stellar 2024. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 317 points, or 0.7%, as of 10 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.9% higher.
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Stock market today: Wall Street opens higher going into the close of another record-breaking year
Markets have been energized by receding inflation, which has gotten closer to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. That raised hopes that the central bank would deliver multiple interest rate cuts into next year, which would ease borrowing costs and fuel more economic growth.
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Stock market today: Wall Street indexes drift higher into the close of another record-breaking year
Solid corporate earnings growth also helped. Wall Street expects companies in the S&P 500 to report broad earnings growth of more than 9% for the year, according to FactSet. The final figures will be tallied following fourth-quarter reports that start in a few weeks.
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