SPX

The S&P 500 (SPX) gained 14 points, or 1%, in today's session to close at 1353.22. The index is nearing its 52-week high of 1370.58, which was set on May 2nd. The Sector breakdown for Thursday's session is as follows: The S&P 500 was led by the Basic Materials Sector in Thursday's session...

Bank of America provided color on SPX (NYSE: SPW). In a research report published today, Bank of America commented on the company's expansion into the emerging markets. In the report, Bank of America states, “SPX has made substantial penetration gains into emerging markets (EM) in recent years...

The S&P 500 (SPX) put in another sizable gain in today's session, gaining 10.74 (+0.8%) points on the day. The index closed at 1307.41, slightly below its intraday high of 1309.21. The Sector breakdown for Wednesday's session is as follows: The Financials Sector was the strongest performing...

The S&P 500 traded in negative territory for the entire session Thursday, but finished well off of the lows of the day. The SPX hit its intraday low of 1262.87 at 10:51am, but steadily rose throughout the remainder of the session. The big gain came at 2:55pm when the index jumped from 1268.73...

The S&P 500 traded in positive territory for most of session on Wednesday, but sellers came in around 2:25pm, as the index neared its intraday high of 1298.61. The S&P proceeded to drop 11.47 points to close at 1287.14 – down 8.38 on the day. The Sector Breakdown for Wednesday's session...

Deutsche Bank is out with its report today on SPX (NYSE: SPX), maintaining Hold. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "SPX reiterated that 2011 will be a very back-end loaded year, largely on account of Thermal phasing. They have seen no softening relative to plan with the Canaries in the...