{"id":29028,"date":"2025-12-11T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/12\/11\/dow-sp-500-and-russell-2000-close-at-new-highs\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:40:00","slug":"dow-sp-500-and-russell-2000-close-at-new-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/12\/11\/dow-sp-500-and-russell-2000-close-at-new-highs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dow, S&#038;P 500 and Russell 2000 Close at New Highs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout__region nsdq-l-grid__item syndicated-article-body\">\n<section class=\"jupiter22-c-article-body\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"body__content\">\n<p><strong>Thursday, December 11, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That good news reaped from economic data ahead of today\u2019s open (and from yesterday\u2019s rate cut and relatively dovish 2026 forecast from the Fed) created a boon \u2014 and new closing highs \u2014 for three of the four major indexes today. The Dow gained +646 points, +1.34%, while the S&#038;P 500 grew +14 points, +0.21% and the small-cap Russell 2000 up +31 points, +1.21%.<\/p>\n<p>Only the tech-heavy Nasdaq \u2014 hands down the index leader for the third year in a row \u2014 dipped slightly today: -60 points, -0.25%. The AI trade has been so significant over the past year-plus that yesterday\u2019s less-than-convincing results from <strong>Oracle<\/strong> ORCL suggested that it may no longer be firing on all cylinders, at least relative to current valuations.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Earnings Results After the Close: AVGO, COST, LULU<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the AI trade, semiconductor giant <strong>Broadcom<\/strong> AVGO reported beats on both top and bottom lines in its fiscal Q4 report after today\u2019s close. Earnings of $1.95 per share outpaced the $1.87 in the Zacks consensus (and the $1.42 per share recorded a year ago) on revenues of $18.02 billion \u2014 surging beyond the $17.50 billion estimate. AI semiconductor revenue grew +74% year over year.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcom has upped its fiscal Q1 revenue guidance by nearly a billion dollars to $19.1 billion. The AI semi business alone next year is expected to fetch $8.2 billion \u2014 double what it made in the year-ago quarter. Shares are up another +3% in late trading on this news, adding to the whopping +75% gains Broadcom has made year to date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Costco<\/strong> COST posted mixed results in its fiscal Q1 report after the bell today. While earnings of $4.50 per share easily surpassed the $4.26 in the Zacks consensus (with a tax benefit of 16 cents per share; down from last year\u2019s +22 cents in the same space) on $65.98 billion is sales, which was a tad shy of the $67.33 billion estimate. Shares are down marginally on the release, and still down -3.5% year to date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lululemon<\/strong> LULU shares are up more than +10% after its Q3 earnings report after today\u2019s close, which included news that its CEO Calvin McDonald will be stepping down from his post January 31st of next year. No permanent replacement has yet been named, but at least his final quarter as head of the company was a good one +16.7 earnings beat to $2.39 per share on $2.6 billion in revenues which outdid the $2.48 billion analysts were expecting.<\/p>\n<p>Questions or comments about this article and\/or author? 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It will add literally trillion of dollars to the economy and revolutionize nearly every part of our lives.<\/p>\n<p> \tInvestors who bought shares like Nvidia at the right time have had a shot at huge gains.<\/p>\n<p> \tBut the rocket ride in the \"first wave\" of AI stocks may soon come to an end. The sharp upward trajectory of these stocks will begin to level off, leaving exponential growth to a new wave of cutting-edge companies.<\/p>\n<p> \tZacks'\u00a0<em>AI Boom 2.0: The Second Wave<\/em> report reveals 4 under-the-radar companies that may soon be shining stars of AI\u2019s next leap forward.<\/p>\n<p>Access AI Boom 2.0 now, absolutely free >><\/p>\n<p>Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. 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