S&P 500 Snapshot: Another Record Close To End September

The S&P spent most of the week slowly climbing and opened Friday just below its record close. The index closed with a daily gain of 0.37% and a week-over-week gain of 0.68%. The index is up 12.53% YTD and closed September at another all-time high.

The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at 2.33%.

Here is a daily chart of the S&P 500. Today's selling puts the volume 6% below its 50-day moving average.

Here's a monthly snapshot of the index going back to December 2007.

A Perspective on Drawdowns

Here's a snapshot of record highs and selloffs since the 2009 trough.

Here is a more conventional log-scale chart with drawdowns highlighted.

Here is a linear scale version of the same chart with the 50- and 200-day moving averages.

A Perspective on Volatility

For a sense of the correlation between the closing price and intraday volatility, the chart below overlays the S&P 500 since 2007 with the intraday price range. We've also included a 20-day moving average to help identify trends in volatility.