In this section, you will find important S&P 500 news, actionable trading ideas, and a live SPX500 CFD chart to help you understand the markets better.
What is S&P 500 ?
The S&P 500 is one of the most widely quoted Wall Street indices because it represents the largest publicly traded companies in the USA based on market capitalization of 500 large companies listed on the Wall Street Exchange.
The S&P 500 index uses a market cap weighting method, assigning a higher percentage allocation in the index to companies with the largest market capitalizations. The S&P 500 is different from the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 and the NASDAQ Composite index, because of its diverse constituency and weighting method. S&P 500 is one of the most followed equity indices, for financial institutions and retail investors and many use it as a benchmark of the U.S. economy. The price of the index depends on the value of the companies included in the index. Many investors believe that the S&P 500 is mirroring the US economy so decide to go long or short the index according to their outlook of the US economy.
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S&P 500 News
S&P 500 trades almost unchanged in early trading as investors await the FOMC statement tomorrow while we approach the December 15th deadline of the additional tariffs on Chinese imports. United States, Mexico and Canada have reached an agreement over labour, steel and aluminium in the USMCA trade agreement. Earlier today, the [...]
Dow Jones futures trade lower today as investors get nervous ahead of the December 15th deadline for the new tariffs on Chinese products and despite President Trump’s comments that negotiations with China “are going well”. Investors will keep an eye on Feds monetary policy meeting for fresh cues on their [...]
Cautious sentiment in futures markets ahead of the cash markets opening as investors waiting for fresh cues from the trade negotiations between China and U.S. Bullish sentiment returned to Wall Street after strong NFP numbers last Friday. US economy added 266K jobs last month, the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, [...]
S&P 500 started the session higher but turned negative after the first half-hour of the trading session, as U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the Judiciary Committee would proceed with drafting articles of Donald Trump impeachment. As of writing the S&P 500 gives up 0.19% at 3,106. Dow Jones [...]
The next FOMC rate meeting will take place next week on December 11, 2019, and looks to be an event that should not spur too much attention in the markets as the Federal Reserve has made it clear that they will not budge on rates for months. CME Fed Watch [...]
Stock futures in Wall Street trade higher before the market open as investors cheered strong manufacturing data from China and Eurozone. The China Caixin Manufacturing PMI came in at 51.8 topping forecasts of 51.4 in November. The China manufacturing PMI came in at 51.8 the October reading was at 51.7. [...]
The S&P 500 added to its gains as a large batch of US economic data showed that the US economy is doing better than what economists projected. Annualized third-quarter US GDP rose by 2.1% as projected, but higher than 1.9% prior Core Durable goods orders, increased by 0.6% vs. the [...]
S&P 500 making fresh all-time high in early trading despite the drop in consumer confidence to 125.5 in November from 126.1 in October and below the analyst’s expectations of 127, the Present Situation Index fell to 166.9 from 173.5. Earlier the Goods Trade Balance climbed from previous $-70.39B to $-66.53B [...]
