Stocks ended last week higher as volatility slowed, completing their best quarter since 2009. A Friday tweet from Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin encouraged investors, referring to “constructive” discussions in the ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations.1
The S&P 500 gained 1.27% for the week. The Dow Industrials and Nasdaq Composite both exceeded that advance: the Dow rose 1.60%; the Nasdaq, 1.42%.2-4
Foreign shares went the other way. The MSCI EAFE index following international stocks retreated 0.91%.5
1 – marketwatch.com/story/stocks-end-higher-sp-records-strongest-quarter-in-a-decade-2019-03-29 [3/29/19]
2 – quotes.wsj.com/index/SPX [3/29/19]
3 – quotes.wsj.com/index/DJIA[3/29/19]
4 – quotes.wsj.com/index/COMP [3/29/19]
5 – quotes.wsj.com/index/XX/990300/historical-prices [3/29/19]