At the close of this trading week on Friday, March 21, 2025, the U.S. stock markets reversed the recent weeks-long losing trend, with all four major market indices closing at a higher value than they did last Friday (3/14/2025). Compared to a week ago, the S&P 500 index gained 0.51%, Dow Jones Industrial Average increased by 1.2%, Nasdaq Composite index grew by 0.17%, and the Russell 2000 index accrued 0.63%. The S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Russell 2000 broke a 4-week losing streak, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average stopped a 2-week losing trend.
U.S. Stock Markets Reverse Weeks-Long Losing Streak (Friday, March 21, 2025)
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As of last Friday (3/14/2025), many were growing concerned as the U.S. stock market recorded another week of losses and four (4) weeks of consecutive losses for the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Russell 2000. This week, to everyone's delight, the U.S. markets reversed the recent losing trends. There were clear signs of investor optimism this week, likely aided by a reassuring message provided by the Federal Reserve. This optimism led to gains for all four U.S. market major indices.
To show the gains recorded this week, we used our Market Index Performance analysis tool to examine the weekly percent (%) returns of the four major U.S. market indices since the start of 2025 (Figures 1-4). Indeed, the reversal of the weeks-long losing trend is very much a welcome change this week.
To gain additional historical insights about market index performance, use any one of our Market Index Analysis tools.
Friday, March 21, 2025
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