Apple closes above $3 trillion in market cap. Nasdaq has best start to year in 40 years

<p>The price of Apple closed above $3 trillion for the 1st time. It was also the 1st company to do that. The NASDAQ index had its best start to the year in 40 years. </p><p>The major indices all closed higher for the week and the month.</p><p>The final numbers are showing:</p><ul><li>Dow industrial average rose 285.16 points or 0.84% at 34407.59</li><li>S&amp;P index was 53.92 points or 1.23% at 4450.37</li><li>NASDAQ index rose 196.60 points or 1.45% at 13787.93</li></ul><p>The Russell 2000 small-cap stocks rose 7.14 points or 0.3% at 1888.73.</p><p>For the week:</p><ul><li>Dow industrial average rose 2.02%</li><li>S&amp;P index rose 2.35%</li><li>NASDAQ index rose 2.19%</li></ul><p>For the month of June:</p><ul><li>Dow industrial average rose 4.56%</li><li>S&amp;P index rose 6.47%</li><li>NASDAQ index rose 6.50%</li></ul><p>For the 2nd quarter:</p><ul><li>Dow industrial average rose 3.41%</li><li>S&amp;P index rose 8.30%</li><li>NASDAQ index rose 12.81%</li></ul><p>For the 1st half of 2023:</p><ul><li>Dow industrial average rose 3.8%. In comparison in 2022 the Dow industrial average fell -8.78%</li><li>S&amp;P index rose 15.91%. In 2022 the S&amp;P index fell -19.44%</li><li>NASDAQ index rose 31.73%. In 2023 the NASDAQ index fell -33.10%</li></ul>

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.