S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq Composite Have the Best Weekly Returns in 2025 - April 11, 2025
Friday, April 11, 2025
For the trading week ending on Friday, April 11, 2025, the S&P 500 index, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite index exhibited their best weekly returns in 2025. For the trading week, the S&P 500 index gained 5.70%, Dow Jones Industrial Average grew by 4.95%, and the Nasdaq Composite index added 7.29%. These weekly gains were no doubt facilitated by the historic and record-level single-day gains observed on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The Russell 2000 index also had a very good week, returning 1.82%, albeit it was not its best weekly return in 2025. These gains are highly positive and encouraging, and perhaps signal a market inflection point toward rising levels from recent lows.
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We used our Market Index Performance analysis tool to examine the 2025 weekly returns for the S&P 500 index, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite index, and Russell 2000 index. All four indices showed significant gains for the trading week that ended on Friday, April 11, 2025 (Figures 1 to 4).
Figure 1.Weekly percent (%) returns of the S&P 500 index from the start of 2025 to 4/11/2025. The large gain for the trading week that ended on 4/11/2025 was 5.70%, the highest weekly return in 2025. See this analysis tool.
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Figure 2.Weekly percent (%) returns of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from the start of 2025 to 4/11/2025. The large gain for the trading week that ended on 4/11/2025 was 4.95%, the highest weekly return in 2025. See this analysis tool.
Nasdaq Composite Index
Figure 1.Weekly percent (%) returns of the Nasdaq Composite index from the start of 2025 to 4/11/2025. The large gain for the trading week that ended on 4/11/2025 was 7.29%, the highest weekly return in 2025. See this analysis tool.
Russell 2000 Index
Figure 1.Weekly percent (%) returns of the Russell 2000 index from the start of 2025 to 4/11/2025. The gain for the trading week that ended on 4/11/2025 was 1.82%. See this analysis tool.
Reminder
The significant market gains for the trading week that ended on Friday, April 11, 2025 are highly positive and encouraging, and perhaps signal a market inflection point and the start of rising levels from recent lows. However, it is important to remember that year-to-date performance is still negative for all four major U.S. market indices. Year-to-date (to April 11), the S&P 500 index is down 8.81%, Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 5.48%, Nasdaq Composite index is down 13.39%, and Russell 2000 index is down 16.59%. We have not shown these data here, but please feel free to use our Performance-to-Date in Market History analysis tool to see these observations for yourself.
To gain additional historical insights about market index performance, use any one of our Market Index Analysis tools. We use these analysis tools ourselves to gain insights into market performance and to highlight a variety of interesting observations in our historical insights articles.
