S&P 500 erases losses from year at closing and is now in the green
by Jay Heflin
| June 08, 2020 05:22 PM
The S&P 500 at Monday’s closing bell erased its losses for the year created by the economic shutdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The index jumped 38.46 points, or 1.2%, to close at 3,232.39, a level not seen since the end of February. The index has rebounded roughly 47% from its low in March.
The good financial news comes on the heels of the Labor Department on Friday announcing that the economy gained 2.5 million jobs in May, lowering the unemployment rate to 13.3%, from April’s 14.7%.
The payroll gains, the largest on record, represented a stunning development and a hint that the worst-case scenario for the economy might not come to pass. Forecasters had expected job losses of 8 million and an unemployment rate of about 20%.
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