Stocks Slip On Quiet Day

The 3 main US stock indexes closed down, but only by negligible amounts, Tuesday. The Dow was the biggest loser, dropping 0.29%, while the S&P was down 0.10%. Both remain close to their record highs recorded yesterday. The Nasdaq was down 0.05%.

President Joe Biden continues to see healthy gains on all 3 indexes since he took office.

Table showing the state of key economic metrics during the presidency of Joe Biden as of 6th April 2021

Biden has dropped a few tenths of a percent on his comparison with Donald Trump from yesterday. He leads the former president on both the Dow and S&P after 77 days, but trails him by more than 4% on the tech-heavy Nasdaq index.

Table comparing the performance of the major stock indexes during the first 77 days of the presidencies of Joe Biden and Donald Trump

By contrast, Biden has improved his position compared to Barack Obama after 77 days of presidency by a few tenths of a percent on each index. His lead on the Dow has risen to almost 11% and on the S&P to almost 7.5%.

Table comparing the performance of the major stock indexes during the first 77 days of the presidencies of Joe Biden and Barack Obama

To see more presidential performance data such as GDP or jobs growth and comparisons, visit us at Facts First, the only non-opinion based presidential performance site on the web.