It wasn’t much, but the Nasdaq’s 5-point gain on Tuesday was enough to secure the index’s longest winning streak since December 1999.
The Nasdaq has risen eight straight days 30 times since 1971, but Tuesday marked the first time that the index has accomplished the feat since Dec. 15-27, 1999.
If the index closes in the green on Wednesday, it will mark the first time since July 1998 that the index has risen on nine consecutive days, but some late-day news suggests that investors may be looking to take some profits.
Network Appliancemet estimates with 17-cent earnings after the close, but the high-flyer slumped 6% in after-hours trading, as investors were apparently looking for more. And Computer Sciencesbeat estimates by two cents a share with $1.09 earnings, but the stock was unchanged after hours.
Blue chips lost ground Tuesday on a GMdebt downgrade and suggestions that the Federal Reserve plans to continue raising interest rates.
The Nasdaq rose 5 to 2061, the S&P 500 gained a fraction to 1194, and the Dow climbed 19 to 10,503. Volume declined to 1.66 billion shares on the NYSE, but rose to 1.74 billion on the Nasdaq. Decliners led by a few issues on the NYSE, and by a 16-14 margin on the Nasdaq. Upside volume was 48% on the NYSE, and 60% on the Nasdaq. New highs-new lows were 83-24 on the NYSE, and 70-49 on the Nasdaq.
PalmSourceand PalmOneboth posted strong gains on a licensing deal.
JDS Uniphaserose on an acquisition.
TiVosoared 18% on an upgrade.
Applied Signalfell 17% after missing estimates and announcing an acquisition, and Open Solutionslost 11% on its results.