Union Pacific, Tesla Among Top S&P 500 Stock Market Performers Today (2024)

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Union Pacific (UNP), Enphase Energy (ENPH), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) and Tesla (TSLA) were the leading 4 S&P 500 index gainers on the stock exchange today.



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UNP stock rose 10.1% to 212.17. Shares gapped above their 50-day line however closed below simply their long-sliding 200-day line. Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz will step down in 2023, the rail giant said Sunday, hours after Soroban Capital Partners openly required his ouster. The hedge fund, in its Sunday letter, declared that a modification to ‘best-in-class’ management would lead to a doubling of Union Pacific stock rate over the next 2 years.

ENPH stock leapt 5.9% to 210.78. Janney Montgomery updated Enphase Energy to a buy with a 282 rate target, pointing out optimism about long-lasting need for solar energy. Enphase, and other solar stocks, have actually struggled on issues about U.S. need offered a harder financial environment and brand-new California guidelines restricting just how much house owners can be spent for offering excess power to the grid. ENPH stock completed simply shy of the 21-day line, which it hasn’t closed above in 2023.

SEDG stock rallied 5.9% to 313.63, back above the 50-day and 21-day moving averages. A Feb. 15 breakout from a cup-with-handle base rapidly stopped working the next day, though financiers might still utilize the 341.78 buy point. SolarEdge stock rallied Monday on more comprehensive solar optimism.

First Solar (FSLR) reports Tuesday night. FSLR stock was not amongst the absolute best S&P 500 entertainers Monday, however remained in the leading 20. Shares increased 2.4% to 166.11. First Solar stock recovered the 50-day line and settled near an early entry in a brand-new base.

Tesla stock leapt 5.5% to 207.63, bouncing from a pullback to near the 21-day line. The EV giant is stopping briefly simply listed below the 200-day moving average. A definitive relocation above the 200-day line, presently near 221, would provide an entry into TSLA stock. But that would be an aggressive relocation, particularly with the marketplace rally under pressure.

Tesla Investor Day might be a huge driver for Tesla stock, which has actually more than doubled from its bearishness low of 101.81 set Jan. 6. Investor Day optimism has most likely sustained TSLA stock optimism.

The S&P 500 index itself gapped back above its 50-day line and the 4,000 level at Monday’s open. The benchmark index faded to close up 0.3% to 3,982.24, a hair above the 50-day.

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