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SPX Continues To Hit New Highs

After 67 years of the being founded, the S&P 500 continues to hit new highs. The S&P 500 Index, also known as the Standard & Poor’s 500 or the US500, is an American stock market index that tracks the performance of the top 500 companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange. It is a free-floating index covering US firms with the largest market capitalisation and book value, representing approximately 80 per cent of the total value of the country’s equity market.

As of December 31, 2023, the market cap was SPX was US$42.0 trillion. As of June 28, 2024, the nine largest companies on the list of S&P 500 companies accounted for 35.8% of the market capitalization of the index and were, in order of highest to lowest weighting.

Some of the largest companies included in the S&P 500 Index today are Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple, Amazon.com, Meta Platforms, Alphabet and Berkshire Hathaway.

The opening price of SPX this year was $4744. Each month of this year, the SPX index has been reaching new highs. Today, a new high was reached at $5,588. There are two instances on the weekly chart using the RSI that price had been overbought. A correction in price should have occurred but the bulls are very much active with the rally. A reversal in price might occur as price might hit $4988 in the coming weeks.

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