How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday

Financial, industrial and health care companies helped drive stocks on Wall Street broadly higher Wednesday, extending the market’s gains into a third day.

Several big department store chains also notched gains as investors bet that the economy will begin to rebound as larger swaths of the country allow businesses to reopen after being shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On Wednesday:

The S&P 500 index rose 44.36 points, or 1.5%, to 3,036.13.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 553.16 points, or 2.2%, to 25,548.27.

The Nasdaq composite added 72.14 points, or 0.8%, to 9,412.36.

The Russell 2000 index of small company stocks picked up 43.28 points, or 3.1%, to 1,436.36.

For the week:

The S&P 500 is up 80.68 points, or 2.7%.

The Dow is up 1,083.11 points, or 4.4%.

The Nasdaq is up 87.77 points, or 0.9%

The Russell 2000 is up 80.83 points, or 6%.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is down 194.65 points, or 6%.

The Dow is down 2,990.17 points, or 10.5%.

The Nasdaq is up 439.75 points, or 4.9%

The Russell 2000 is down 232.11 points, or 13.9%.