A soft finish to 2024 still left stocks with a second straight stellar year. The S&P 500 logged a 23.3% gain, which follows a 24% rise in 2023. The combined gains of more than 53% was the largest two-year percentage jump for the index since year-end 1998,

U.S. stock indexes are starting 2025 with gains, putting Wall Street on track to break a four-day losing streak that dimmed the end of its stellar 2024. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% at the open of trading Thursday following its longest losing streak since early September.

Indexes rose Thursday to kick off the New Year after four straight days of losses. Tesla stock dropped more than 8% publishing delivery figures.

S&P 500 futures are up 0.6%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are gaining 0.4%. Nasdaq 100 futures are adding 0.8%. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 30 points, or 0.07%, to 42,544,

Stock indexes closed mostly lower on Wall Street on the final day of another record-setting year. The S&P 500 slipped 0.4% Tuesday, but still managed to rack up a gain of 23.3% for the year, its second straight year with gains of more than 20%.

U.S. stock indexes are falling to start 2025. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% Thursday afternoon after earlier drifting between gains and losses. It's coming off of a four-day losing streak,

U.S. stock indexes are drifting in erratic trading on Thursday to start 2025. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in midday trading after flipping between an earlier loss of 0.1% and gain of 0.9%. It's coming off a four-day losing streak,