Morgans AM: Monday, 1 November 2021

Morgans Financial Limited

Record closing highs for all three benchmark US equity indices to close out the week and month, with a late rally seeing the market retrace earlier losses and shrugging off some disappointing corporate results from some major technology companies after the close of last Thursday’s (28 October) session - Dow up +89-points or +0.25% to settle at a fresh record closing high of 35,819.56. The broader S&P500 edged +0.19% higher to record close of 4,605.38, with Health Care (up +0.95%), Communication Services (+0.83%) and Information Technology (+0.43%) all advancing. Real Estate (down -1.19%) was the worst performing primary sector. The Nasdaq rose +0.33% to scale a fresh record peak of 15,498.39 Apple Inc fell -1.82% Microsoft Corp (up +2.24%) usurped Apple (market capitalisation of ~US$2.458 trillion) as the most valuable U.S. company by market capitalisation for the first time in nearly 16 months, with the latest gain leaving the software giant with a market capitalisation of ~US2.49 trillion. Amazon.com Inc fell -2.15% The small capitalisation Russell 2000 dipped -0.03%.