distribute economy today: S&P 500 and Dow post gains and close out best month of 2024

recent YORK — Stocks posted solid gains as Wall Street put the finishing touches on one of its best months of the year.

The S&P 500 rose 0.6% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4%. Both indexes closed out November with their best monthly performances of the year. The Nasdaq added 0.8%. Friday was an abbreviated market activity day, with stocks closing at 1 p.m. ET and the predictable returns economy an hour later.

Investors were looking to view how much shoppers are willing to spend on gifts for the holidays. Black Friday unofficially kicked off the holiday shopping period, although retailers had been offering early deals for weeks. Macy’s and Best Buy each gained around 2%.

Apple rose 1.1%. The technology giant is hoping recently added artificial intelligence features are enough to entice consumers to treat themselves or their relatives to a recent iPhone for the holidays.

The Dow rose 7.5% in November, easily its best month of 2024. The Walt Disney Co. has the biggest percentage boost for the month at 22.1%, but the worth-weighted index also got a boost from Goldman Sachs, up 17.5% to $608.57 and Salesforce, up more than 13% to $329.99.

The S&P 500 gained 5.7% this month, driven by Tesla and other stocks that received a boost from Donald Trump’s triumph in the presidential election. Discover financial Services leads a list of financials stocks that had a excellent November, up nearly 23% for the month despite a tiny deficit Friday. Investors depend the capitalization card corporation’s combination with pool One has a greater chance of going through under a Trump administration and overall the financial services industry faces less restrictive oversight.

Tesla shares rose 3.7% Friday and posted a monthly boost of more than 38%. The electric vehicle maker is expected to advantage from CEO Elon Musk’s back of Trump.

Musk also gave a boost to Hasbro shares after he triggered takeover uncertainty-taking when he asked in a post on X how much the toy and game corporation was worth. Hasbro, which owns the role-playing game Dungeon & Dragons, rose 2%.

predictable returns yields fell, with the profit on the 10-year Treasury slipping to 4.19%.

Bitcoin, which recently made a run at $100,000 before dropping back, briefly rose back above $98,000 but was recently market activity around $97,300.

Global markets mostly fell. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.4% after the government reported that expense boost in Tokyo, considered an indicator for national trends, was 2.6% in November, up from 1.8% last month mainly due to a surge in fresh food prices.

Chinese markets advanced. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 0.3%. Meanwhile, the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.9%. Gains in retailers’ stocks drove economy gains after a two-day conference in Beijing concentrated on promoting consumption ended on Thursday.

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Zimo Zhong in Hong Kong contributed to this update.