Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
S&P 500 closed Friday 11/7 at 6729, up 0.1% for the day, down 1.6% for the week # Lousy consumer sentiment
This discussion thread is pinned.
Last edited Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:36 PM - Edit history (202)
In the future I will only be doing these twice a week: Tuesday and Friday, unless it's really interesting.10 Year TREASURY YIELD 4.09%, no change (About 2 weeks ago it fell to 3.98, its lowest point since April.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5ETNX/
Bitcoin: up 2.4% to $103,654,
Market news of the day, Friday: https://finance.yahoo.com/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-end-volatile-week-lower-amid-worst-tech-sell-off-since-april-210026318.html
Scroll down to see earlier in the day reports
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq end volatile week lower amid worst tech sell-off since April, Yahoo Finance, 11/7/25
US stocks came off session lows on Friday as investors weighed bearish consumer sentiment data and odds that the AI investment boom will pay off, while monitoring the ongoing US government shutdown for any signs of an end.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) pared losses to fall 0.2%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) erased losses to close out the session up 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 0.1%.
Stocks pared declines after Democrats laid down conditions for a deal to end the government shutdown, a proposal that Republicans subsequently rejected. Democrats had suggested including a one-year extension of expiring health care subsidies in legislation to reopen the government.
Stocks ended a volatile week with the Nasdaq Composite posting the index's deepest loss since April, with seesaw stretches for "Magnificent Seven" stalwarts Nvidia (NVDA) and Tesla (TSLA). The S&P 500 and the Dow also closed out the bumpy week in the red as persistent worries about an AI bubble and Big Tech valuations run high.
Markets on Friday also digested more signs of an economic slowdown: namely, a bearish reading on consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan. Overall sentiment dropped to 50.3, the worst reading since 2022, as respondents fretted over the shutdown's effects.
US stocks came off session lows on Friday as investors weighed bearish consumer sentiment data and odds that the AI investment boom will pay off, while monitoring the ongoing US government shutdown for any signs of an end.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) pared losses to fall 0.2%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) erased losses to close out the session up 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 0.1%.
Stocks pared declines after Democrats laid down conditions for a deal to end the government shutdown, a proposal that Republicans subsequently rejected. Democrats had suggested including a one-year extension of expiring health care subsidies in legislation to reopen the government.
Stocks ended a volatile week with the Nasdaq Composite posting the index's deepest loss since April, with seesaw stretches for "Magnificent Seven" stalwarts Nvidia (NVDA) and Tesla (TSLA). The S&P 500 and the Dow also closed out the bumpy week in the red as persistent worries about an AI bubble and Big Tech valuations run high.
Markets on Friday also digested more signs of an economic slowdown: namely, a bearish reading on consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan. Overall sentiment dropped to 50.3, the worst reading since 2022, as respondents fretted over the shutdown's effects.
Consumer Sentiment: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143560884
Coming up, non-government reports:
https://www.marketwatch.com/economy-politics/calendar
=============================================
The S&P 500 closed Friday November 7 at 6729, up 0.1% for the day,
and up 16.4% from the 5783 election day closing level,
and up 12.2% from the inauguration eve closing level,
and up 14.4% year-to-date (since the December 31 close)
and down 1.6% for the week
and down 2.4% from its October 28 all-time-high
S&P 500
# Election day close (11/5/24) 5783
# Last close before inauguration day: (1/17/25): 5997
# 2024 year-end close (12/31/24): 5882
# Trump II era low point (going all the way back to election day Nov5): 4983 on April 8
# October 28 all-time-high: 6890.90
# Several market indexes: https://finance.yahoo.com/
# S&P 500: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC/
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC/history/
========================================================
I'm not a fan of the DOW as it is a cherry-picked collection of just 30 stocks that are price-weighted, which is silly. It's as asinine as judging consumer price inflation by picking 30 blue chip consumer items, and weighting them according to their prices. But since there is an automatically updating embedded graphic, here it is. It takes several, like 6 hours, after the close for it to update, like about 10 PM EDT.
(If it still isn't updated, try right-clicking on it and opening in a new tab. #OR# click on https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI/ ).
The Dow closed Thursday at 46,912, and it closed Friday at 46,987, a rise of 0.2% (75 points) for the day
https://finance.yahoo.com/
DOW: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI/
. . . . . . https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI/history/
DOW
# Election day close (11/5/24) 42,222
# Last close before inauguration day: (1/17/25): 43,488
# 2024 year-end close (12/31/24): 42,544
DJIA means Dow Jones Industrials Average. It takes about 6 hours after the close to update, so check it after 10 PM EDT. Sometimes it takes a couple days (sigh)
I don't have an embeddable graph for the S&P 500, unfortunately, but to see its graph, click on https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC/
While I'm at it, I might as well show Oil and the Dollar:
Crude Oil
US Dollar Index (DX-Y.NYB)
If you see a tiny graphics square above and no graph, right click on the square and choose "load image". There should be a total of 3 graphs. And remember that it typically takes about 6 hours after the close before these graphs update.
🚨 ❤️ 😬! < - - emoticon library for future uses
16 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
I look at it often. 