S&P 500 closed Friday 7/18 at 6297, down 0.01% for the day, and up 7.1% year-to-date (Dow down 142) [View all]

Last edited Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:52 PM - Edit history (123)

Year to date is from the Dec 31 closing level.

From the AP: The S&P 500 edged down by a whisper, less than 0.1%, on Friday after setting its all-time high the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite edged up by less than 0.1% to add its own record.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/major-us-stock-indexes-fared-204551579.html

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Consumer Sentiment (CS) July (preliminary) Univesity of Michigan, 7/18/25:
Univ of Michigan: https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/
Reuters: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-consumer-sentiment-improves-july-142549068.html
CS rose from 60.7 to 61.8, up 1.8%, yet it is still down 6.9% from a year ago.
CS is at its highest point in 5 months, but 16% below Dec 2024.
Inflation expectations for the year ahead fell from 5.0% to 4.4%, the lowest since February 2025 but remains above December 2024,
*GRAPH of CS: https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/chicsr.pdf

From Yahoo Finance: Yesterday, Thursday morning, data from the Department of Labor showed 221,000 initial jobless claims were filed in the week ending July 12. After picking up in May, weekly filings for unemployment claims are now at their lowest level in three months. ((but continuing claims rose to 1.956 million, slightly below a 3.7-year peak reached in mid-June. So while the layoffs situation isn't bad, according to initial jobless claims, it is taking a lot of time to find a job. Jesus Fucking Christ, Yahoo, let's hear the whole fucking story -Progree))

Also yesterday, Retail sales rebounded in June. ((After May's big 0.9% DROP, they rose 0.6% in June in norminal terms. Inflation adjusted, that's a 1.0% drop followed by a 0.3% rise, making it a 0.7% drop over 2 months -Progree))

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The S&P 500 closed Friday July 18 at 6297, down 0.0% for the day,
and up 8.9% from the 5783 election day closing level,
and up 5.0% from the inauguration eve closing level,
and up 7.1% year-to-date,

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
# All-time closing high (2/19/25): 6144, until 6/27/25 when it closed at 6173
. . . With the new all-time high closing on June 27, we are in a bull market by any and all definitions
# Trump II era low point (going all the way back to election day Nov5): 4983 on April 8

From the AP 7/18/25: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/major-us-stock-indexes-fared-204551579.html
For the week:

The S&P 500 is up 37.04 points, or 0.6%.
The Dow is down 29.32 points, or 0.1%.
The Nasdaq is up 310.13 points, or 1.5%.
The Russell 2000 is up 5.18 points, or 0.2%.

For the year: ((since Dec 31 -Progree))

The S&P 500 is up 415.16 points, or 7.1%.
The Dow is up 1,797.97 points, or 4.2%.
The Nasdaq is up 1,584.86 points, or 8.2%.
The Russell 2000 is up 9.85 points, or 0.4%.

# Several market indexes: https://finance.yahoo.com/
# S&P 500: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC/
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC/history/

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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. 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 44,484, and it closed Friday at 44,342, a drop of 0.3% (142 points) for the day


I don't maintain statistics for the DOW like percent up or down since election day, or year-to-date, or from the all-time high etc. like I do for the S&P 500.

DJIA means Dow Jones Industrials Average. It takes about 6 hours after the close to update, so check it after 10 PM EDT


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
# DOW All Time High: 12/4/24: 45,014

# Correction level beginning 10% down: 40,513,
# Bear market level: beginning 20% down: 36,011 (we've not reached that level yet in Trump II so far)

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.