Stock Market News, March 28, 2024: Dow, S&P 500 End Quarter at Record Highs

Everything from stocks to bitcoin to gold has hit new records to start year

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March 28, 2024 at 6:12 PM EDT

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Updated 27 days ago

Markets Around the World Set Records This Quarter

Angus Berwick

, Reporter

It's not just the S&P 500 that is finishing the first quarter strongly.

Markets are setting fresh records around the globe. Take a look:

The MSCI World Index, which tracks global equities, closed at an all-time high Wednesday then crept lower today.

The Stoxx Europe 600 closed at a new record. It has gained about 7% this year.

France's CAC 40 and Germany's Dax both rose to new records Thursday. (The Dax is a total-return index, so isn't directly comparable to many other benchmarks.)

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 hit an all-time high Thursday.

Japan's Nikkei 225 notched a record high at the end of last week, and has since pulled back about 1.8%.

China is a laggard. The Shanghai Composite is down more than 7% over the past 12 months—and is worth barely half what it fetched at its 2007 peak.