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On a wild Monday, the broad U.S. stock market turned green in the last few minutes of trading, recovering from big declines early in the day.
As the day wore on, investors seemed to buy into the idea that the declines during what analysts at Jefferies called a “42-day slump,” especially for technology stocks, were overdone, despite investor fears of rising interest rates as the Federal Reserve makes moves to fight inflation.
Read: Dow erases 1,100-point plunge to end higher as stocks see historic intraday reversal
On Jan. 20, Katie Nixon, chief investment officer at Northern Trust Wealth Management, had written that in light of her assumption that inflation will moderate late this year and in 2023, “it does not seem plausible that the Fed can tighten as much as the market is currently anticipating.”
Below is a list of stocks in the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
that had the largest swings between intraday highs and lows for the session.
Here’s how the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP,
and Nasdaq-100 Index
NDX,
fared on Jan. 24 — their closing gains and intraday volatility:
| Index | Price change – Jan. 24 | Close | High – Jan. 24 | Low – Jan. 24 | High/low – Jan. 24 | Maximum decline – Jan. 24 |
| S&P 500 | 0.3% | 4,410.13 | 4,417.35 | 4,222.62 | 4.6% | -3.3% |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 0.3% | 34,364.50 | 34,420.99 | 33,150.33 | 3.8% | -4.0% |
| Nasdaq Composite Index | 0.6% | 13,855.13 | 13,876.61 | 13,094.65 | 6.0% | -4.9% |
| Nasdaq-100 Index | 0.5% | 14,509.58 | 14,532.57 | 13,724.85 | 5.9% | -4.9% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||
Most volatile stocks among the S&P 500
These 17 stocks among the S&P 500 had price swings of at least 10% on Jan. 24:
| Company | Ticker | High/low – Jan. 24 | High – Jan. 24 | Low – Jan. 24 | Price change -Jan. 24 | Decline from 52`-week high | Date of 52-week high |
| Moderna Inc. |
MRNA, |
14.4% | $158.00 | $138.17 | -1.7% | -68% | 08/10/2021 |
| Etsy Inc. |
ETSY, |
14.1% | $155.15 | $136.00 | 3.5% | -50% | 11/26/2021 |
| Devon Energy Corp. |
DVN, |
13.2% | $48.55 | $42.87 | 4.8% | -7% | 01/18/2022 |
| Enphase Energy Inc. |
ENPH, |
13.1% | $128.31 | $113.40 | 1.7% | -55% | 11/22/2021 |
| Penn National Gaming Inc. |
PENN, |
12.5% | $42.49 | $37.76 | 3.6% | -70% | 03/15/2021 |
| SolarEdge Technologies Inc. |
SEDG, |
12.5% | $225.91 | $200.86 | 2.5% | -42% | 11/22/2021 |
| Nvidia Corp. |
NVDA, |
11.9% | $233.80 | $208.88 | 0.0% | -33% | 11/22/2021 |
| Caesars Entertainment Inc. |
CZR, |
11.9% | $76.10 | $68.00 | 5.3% | -37% | 10/01/2021 |
| Xilinx Inc. |
XLNX, |
11.7% | $185.87 | $166.43 | -1.2% | -23% | 11/30/2021 |
| Bath & Body Works Inc. |
BBWI, |
11.0% | $56.53 | $50.94 | 5.9% | -31% | 11/18/2021 |
| Gap Inc. |
GPS, |
10.9% | $17.13 | $15.45 | 7.9% | -55% | 05/18/2021 |
| Fortinet Inc. |
FTNT, |
10.6% | $290.75 | $262.84 | 0.6% | -22% | 12/29/2021 |
| Generac Holdings Inc. |
GNRC, |
10.5% | $287.47 | $260.24 | 5.5% | -45% | 11/02/2021 |
| Netflix Inc. |
NFLX, |
10.2% | $387.26 | $351.46 | -2.6% | -45% | 11/17/2021 |
| Diamondback Energy Inc. |
FANG, |
10.0% | $120.14 | $109.21 | 1.2% | -9% | 01/18/2022 |
| Align Technology Inc. |
ALGN, |
10.0% | $475.32 | $432.09 | 2.5% | -36% | 09/23/2021 |
| Bio-Techne Corp. |
TECH, |
10.0% | $382.56 | $347.88 | 4.0% | -30% | 09/23/2021 |
| Source: FactSet | |||||||
You can click on the tickers for more about each company.
Then read Tomi Kilgore’s detailed guide to the wealth of information available for free on the MarketWatch quote page.
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