The S&P 500 Index reached a new record closing high on Monday, as market participants continued to build on the bull market's recent momentum. The broader market index rose nearly 0.8% to settle at 5,473.23, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke its recent losing streak, rising nearly 190 points, and the Nasdaq Composite advanced nearly 1%.
Here's how the market settled on Monday:
S&P 500 Index (NYSE: SPY): +0.77% or +41.63 points to 5,473.23
Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA): +0.49% or +188.94 points to 38,778.10
Nasdaq Composite Index (NASDAQ: QQQ): +0.95% or +168.14 points to 17,857.02
Moving Markets:
The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLK) will soon rebalance, with new calculations showing Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) as the top three spots, respectively, according to Matthew Bartolini, head of SPDR Americas Research.
If there were no caps in place, all three stocks would have a weight above 20% on the index due to their massive multi-trillion market caps, but the fund's diversification limits how large the cumulative weight of stocks with at least 5% share. Therefore, Microsoft and Nvidia will likely have a weight of about 21%, while Apple will hold about 4.5%, according to Bartolini.
This would represent a major shift from their prior weightings on the fund, with Microsoft and Apple both holding about 22% of the fund each as of June 14, while Nvidia holds just 6%.
GameStop:
GameStop (NYSE: GME) shares declined on Monday after the video game retailer's rescheduled annual shareholder meeting failed to offer major updates for the company's future strategies.
In remarks, CEO Ryan Cohen said the company plans to focus on cutting costs and boosting profits, echoing previous future-facing statements, and signaled that more GameStop store closures may come in the near-term.
"Revenues without profits and prospects of future cash flows are of no value to shareholders. This means a smaller network of stores with an expanded assortment of higher value items that fit into our trade-in model," said Cohen.
In the News:
McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) confirmed multiple reports on Monday that it is pausing its testing of artificial intelligence drive-thru ordering through its partnership with IBM (NYSE: IBM). The fast food giant will reportedly remove the tech from over 100 restaurants.
"While there have been successes to date, we feel there is an opportunity to explore voice ordering solutions more broadly," said Mason Smoot, senior vice president and chief restaurant officer for McDonald's U.S., in a memo viewed by CNBC. "IBM remains a trusted partner and we will continue to utilize many of their other products across our system."
Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) shares declined on Monday as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against the software company and two of its executives, Maninder Sawhney and David Wadhwani.
The FTC claimed that Adobe hid terms for early termination fees when customers opted for "annual, paid monthly" subscription plans behind text boxes and hyperlinks, only disclosing the fees when subscribers try to cancel. The complaint filed in federal court in San Jose, California seeks civil fines and an injunction, among other legal remedies.
"Adobe trapped customers into year-long subscriptions through hidden early termination fees and numerous cancellation hurdles," Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a statement.
For Tuesday:
Market participants will react to May's U.S. retail sales data as well as a series of Fedspeak for more clues on the central bank's next policy decision.