US Stock Market: Dow Jones surges 486 pts, Nasdaq reclaims 18,550; Microsoft jumps 3% to $401

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US Stock Market Today, Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq: Wall Street shares registered strong gains on Monday—with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) reclaiming the psychologically important 43,000 mark—as investors hoped for earing of trade tensions between the US and its partners. Most sectors enjoyed buying interest, with material, consumer discretionary, industrial and technology stocks being at the forefront of the upmove, though energy shares faced selling pressure.

The market shrugged off jitters emanating from the ongoing trade tensions witnessed in the past few sessions given US President Donald Trump’s aggressive stance on the matter and fears of reciprocal tariffs.

A White House communication that the US President had agreed to delay tariffs on some auto tariffs on Canada and Mexico brought some relief to Wall Street.

Among index heavyweights, Microsoft shares led the gains in the technology basket, rising 3.2 per cent to end at $401 apiece.

US Stock Market on March 5 | Here is how Dow Jones, S&P 500 & Nasdaq fared

At the end of the session, here’s where the three main gauges stood:

  • DJIA: up 485.6 points, or 1.1 per cent, at 43,006.6
  • S&P 500: up 64.5 points, or 1.1 per cent, at 5,842.6
  • Nasdaq Composite: up 267.6 points, or 1.5 per cent, at 18,552.7

Top Dow Gainers vs Losers Today

As many as 24 Dow stocks closed in green territory.

Stock

March 5 Close ($)

Change (%)

Caterpillar Inc

338.5

3.6

Microsoft Corp

401.0

3.2

Boeing Co

163.2

2.7

Amazon.com Inc

208.4

2.2

Goldman Sachs Group Inc

593.1

2.1

Apple Inc

235.7

-0.1

Coca-Cola Co

70.1

-0.2

Johnson & Johnson

165.1

-0.2

International Business Machines Corp

251.4

-0.7

Chevron Corp

150.8

-0.8

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Now, let’s take a look at some of the prominent names in the US tech basket. 

Stock

March 5 Close ($)

Change (%)

MicroStrategy (Strategy)

308.6

12.1

Palantir Technologies Inc

90.1

6.8

PDD Holdings Inc

120.2

6.0

ON Semiconductor Corp

46.5

4.5

ASML Holding NV

739.8

4.5

Tesla Inc

279.1

2.6

Meta Platforms Inc

656.5

2.6

Amazon.com Inc

208.4

2.2

Netflix Inc

990.9

1.9

Alphabet Class C

175.0

1.4

Alphabet Class A

173.0

1.2

NVIDIA Corp

117.3

1.1

Apple Inc

235.7

-0.1

Xcel Energy Inc

68.7

-1.9

Intel Corp

20.8

-2.4

Applovin Corp

318.0

-2.8

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc

365.4

-6.3

Grail Inc

38.3

-7.8

With inputs from agencies

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