S&P 500 index tops 3000 for first time — here’s what it means and how the stock market got here
July 10, 2019 at 13:01 PM EDT
Five years in the making. That is essentially the time it has taken for the S&P 500 to hit a milestone mark at 3,000 for the first time in its history. The stock gauge first closed at 2,000 on Aug. 26, 2014, according to Dow Jones Market Data.