Market Trends

The S&P 500 index rose 0.8% last week, its fifth straight weekly gain, after the market benchmark concluded its strongest month in more than a year and began December on a bullish note.

The S&P 500 index rose 2.2% last week, extending the market benchmark's winning streak to a third week, as investors were encouraged by cooler-than-expected October inflation data and stronger-than-expected quarterly results from some retailers.

The S&P 500 rose 1.3% last week, the index's largest weekly increase of the year. The index is now up 15% for the year.

Last week, the S&P 500 index climbed 5.9%, the market benchmark's largest weekly increase of the year-to-date.

The S&P 500 fell 2.5% last week, sending the index into correction territory as a broad decline sent the benchmark more than 10% below its July 31 closing high.

The S&P 500 index fell 2.4% this week, ending its October weekly winning streak and putting the market benchmark into the red for the month, as comments by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell raised investors' concerns about rate policy.

The S&P 500 index edged up 0.45% last week, its second consecutive weekly gain. The index is now up 0.9% in October and almost 13% this year.