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...By lunchtime in New York, the benchmark S&P 500 gauge was down 1.1 per cent, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite was down 1.5 per cent....
...The cooling labour market spurred a 1.3 per cent gain for the blue-chip S&P 500 index, ending a week in which Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell signalled that rates would remain at a 23-year high of 5.25-...
...Over the past year the FTSE 100 has gained 1.23 per cent, while the S&P 500 has risen by 31.3 per cent....
...The FTSE 100 index is down 4.5 per cent over the past year, compared with 22.96 per cent growth in the US S&P 500....
...These have performed poorly, relative to other indices like the S&P 500, since interest rate rises began in December 2021....
...Since the start of last year, he has underperformed a low-cost S&P 500 tracker. Several other of the most-followed copy traders have also started to lag behind after doing well before the pandemic....
...Additional reporting by Martha Muir in Washington...
...In futures markets, the blue-chip S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was set to trade flat....
...The S&P 500 closed up 0.1 per cent, with a 1.8 per cent decline for Goldman Sachs helping to keep gains in check. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite ended the day flat....
...Wall Street’s S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were each down 0.8 per cent as markets weighed the potential impact of a cooling labour market on economic growth and inflation....
...The blue-chip S&P 500 ended the day flat, with every sector in positive territory except tech and communications, down 1 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively....
...Futures contracts tracking the US benchmark S&P 500 index were flat while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was trading 0.1 per cent lower....
...The blue-chip S&P 500 rose 1.3 per cent in New York, closing at its highest level since February 15. The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 1.9 per cent....
...Over a three-year period to April 19 2023, the conventional index-tracking SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) has delivered returns of 14.8 per cent. QRFT is close behind, with returns of 14.5 per cent....
...Still, the blue-chip S&P 500 declined 0.2 per cent on Friday, but added 0.8 per in the week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 0.4 per cent on Friday, but gained 0.3 per cent across five sessions....
...The blue-chip S&P 500 index closed down 0.3 per cent on Friday, leading to a 0.3 per cent loss for the week....
...The S&P 500 fell 0.6 per cent, ending a four-day rally, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.5 per cent, as markets weighed the potential effect of a cooling labour market on economic growth and...
...Still, broader equity markets were uneven, as the gains among banks were partially offset by a decline in tech stocks that left the blue-chip S&P 500 index up 0.2 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.5...
...Equities slipped in the session, with the blue-chip S&P 500 losing 0.2 per cent, as investors appeared to eschew growth stocks for more defensive sectors, which tend to be more resilient in a downturn....
...The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are down 1.6 per cent and 1.7 per cent, respectively, so far this week....
...Broader equity markets in the US were mixed, with the blue-chip S&P 500 up 0.4 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite down 0.3 per cent....
...The S&P 500 dipped 0.2 per cent, its first decline in three days, with tech giants such as Alphabet and Apple the biggest drags on the index. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid 0.5 per cent....
...However, Costa Rica, which has a B+ rating from S&P, completed a $1.5bn issuance on Tuesday at a yield of 6.55 per cent....
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