What Happened in The Stock Market Today: 20 Dec 2021?
Let’s take a quick look at what happened in the stock market today, 20 Dec 2021, around the world.
US Stock Market Indices
US stock market indices Nasdaq Composite, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Russell 2000, and S&P 500 went down on 20 Dec 2021.
Name | Price | Price Change | % Change |
NASDAQ Composite | $14,980.94 | -$188.74 | -1.24% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average | $34,932.16 | -$433.28 | -1.23% |
S&P 500 | $4,568.02 | -$52.62 | -1.14% |
Russell 2000 | $2,139.87 | -$34.06 | -1.57% |
Volatility Index
Volatility Index | |||
CBOE Volatility Index | $22.87 | $1.30 | 6.03% |
International Stock Market Indices
International Indices Hang Seng Index, S&P BSE Sensex, Nikkei 225, FTSE 100, and DAX Performance Index went down on 20 Dec 2021.
Name | Price | Price Change | % Change |
HANG SENG INDEX | HK$22,744.86 | -HK$447.77 | -1.93% |
Nikkei 225 | ¥27,938 | -¥608 | -2.13% |
FTSE 100 | £7,198.03 | -£71.89 | -0.99% |
S&P BSE SENSEX | ₹55,822.01 | -₹1,189.73 | -2.09% |
DAX PERFORMANCE-INDEX | €15,239.67 | -€292.02 | -1.88% |
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Which Stocks Went Up Today?
Criteria for the list:
- % Change in Price (Intraday): greater than 5%
- Region: United States
- Volume (Intraday): greater than 1,000,000
- Market Cap (Intraday): Large Cap and Mega Cap
Name | Price (Intraday) | Change | % Change |
argenx SE | 337.51 | 27.84 | 8.99% |
GitLab Inc. | 92.86 | 7.17 | 8.37% |
Which Stocks Went Down Today?
Criteria for the list:
- % Change in Price (Intraday):less than -5%
- Region: United States
- Volume (Intraday): greater than 1,000,000
- Market Cap (Intraday): Large Cap and Mega Cap
Name | Price (Intraday) | Change | % Change |
Lucid Group, Inc. | 37.99 | -2.02 | -5.05% |
Albemarle Corporation | 218.13 | -11.74 | -5.11% |
Oracle Corporation | 91.64 | -4.98 | -5.15% |
Synchrony Financial | 44.22 | -2.43 | -5.21% |
Block, Inc. | 158.30 | -8.76 | -5.24% |
Enphase Energy, Inc. | 178.73 | -10.38 | -5.49% |
Upstart Holdings, Inc. | 131.50 | -7.68 | -5.52% |
XPeng Inc. | 39.44 | -2.32 | -5.56% |
Robinhood Markets, Inc. | 18.03 | -1.07 | -5.60% |
Li Auto Inc. | 28.25 | -1.69 | -5.64% |
Pinduoduo Inc. | 54.78 | -3.28 | -5.65% |
DISH Network Corporation | 31.35 | -1.90 | -5.71% |
Palantir Technologies Inc. | 17.96 | -1.10 | -5.77% |
Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 115.00 | -7.10 | -5.81% |
Nucor Corporation | 111.13 | -6.87 | -5.82% |
DiDi Global Inc. | 5.90 | -0.38 | -6.05% |
NIO Inc. | 28.16 | -1.84 | -6.13% |
Canadian National Railway Company | 119.38 | -7.93 | -6.23% |
Moderna, Inc. | 276.38 | -18.42 | -6.25% |
Rocket Companies, Inc. | 14.46 | -0.97 | -6.29% |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 66.92 | -4.72 | -6.59% |
Lufax Holding Ltd | 5.48 | -0.39 | -6.64% |
Novavax, Inc. | 201.95 | -15.37 | -7.07% |
Rivian Automotive, Inc. | 89.98 | -7.72 | -7.90% |
Carvana Co. | 205.61 | -17.98 | -8.04% |
Plug Power Inc. | 27.33 | -2.42 | -8.13% |
Enel Américas S.A. | 5.26 | -0.47 | -8.20% |
Kanzhun Limited | 32.91 | -3.04 | -8.46% |
Nu Holdings Ltd. | 8.94 | -0.86 | -8.78% |
Peloton Interactive, Inc. | 38.70 | -3.75 | -8.83% |
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. | 258.36 | -30.49 | -10.56% |
KE Holdings Inc. | 17.31 | -2.05 | -10.59% |
Bilibili Inc. | 44.14 | -5.81 | -11.63% |
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. | 47.38 | -8.53 | -15.26% |
Other Useful Data
Mortgage Rates | |
30 year fixed | APR 3.169% |
15 year fixed | APR 2.558% |
Treasury Yields | |
1 year | 0.23% |
10 years | 1.43% |
30 years | 1.85% |
Unemployment Rate 1 | 4.2 [November 2021] |
CPI 2 | 0.83081 [October 2021] |
1 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rate [UNRATE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE
2 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Consumer Price Index: Total All Items for the United States [CPALTT01USM657N], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPALTT01USM657N
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