From the month's low close on April 1 to today's before market open levels, the SPY is up more than 20%. In that same period, more than 85% of the SPY's gains occurred from the gap opens. And through yesterday, the SPY had gapped higher by at least 40 points for six straight days. Markets always evolve and unique behavior is normal and natural - but this month's overnight action is unforgettable.
It looks like the argument you can't pump $10 trillion in fiscal and monetary policy actions without generating higher stock prices is winning.
hourly view
The S&P is up double digits this month, however, most of the action occurred at night. Month-to-date, we’ve had just one day that traded more than 10 points on either side of unchanged and today was yet another gap that remained on that side of unchanged for the day.
Why can’t wine prices go below zero ?
For the SP 500, today was the 9th day in the past 10 days, the day session gaped and remained on that side of unchanged. That has NEVER happened before. We've seen 8 of 10 but never 9 of 10. The interesting part is we've gone nowhere in the 10 days and are right in the middle of that range.