View data of the S&P 500, an index of the stocks of 500 leading companies in the US economy, which provides a gauge of the U.S. equity market.

Between March 4 and March 11, 2020, the S&P 500 index declined by ** percent, descending into a bear market. On March 12, 2020, the S&P 500 plunged *** percent, its steepest one-day fall since 1987. The index began to recover at the start of April and reached a peak in December 2021. As of December 29, 2024, the value of the S&P 500 stood at ******** points. Coronavirus sparks stock market chaos Stock markets plunged in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with investors fearing its spread would destroy economic growth. Buoyed by figures that suggested cases were leveling off in China, investors were initially optimistic about the virus being contained. However, confidence in the market started to subside as the number of cases increased worldwide. Investors were deterred from buying stocks, and this was reflected in the markets – the values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite also dived during the height of the crisis. What is a bear market? A bear market occurs when the value of a stock market suffers a prolonged decline of more than 20 percent over a period of at least 2 months. The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe concern and sent stock markets on a steep downward spiral. The S&P 500 achieved a record closing high of ***** on February 19, 2020. However, just over 3 weeks later, the market closed on *****, which represented a decline of around ** percent in only 16 sessions.

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1) Data Introduction • The S&P 500 stock data is a tabular stock market dataset of daily stock price information (market, high price, low price, closing price, trading volume, etc.) for the last five years (the latest data is until February 2018) of all companies in the S&P 500 index.

2) Data Utilization (1) S&P 500 stock data has characteristics that: • Each row contains key stock metrics such as date, open, high, low, close, volume, and stock ticker name. • Data is provided as individual stock files and all stock integrated files, so it can be used for various analysis purposes. (2) S&P 500 stock data can be used to: • Stock Price Forecasting and Investment Strategy Development: Using historical stock price data, a variety of investment strategies and forecasting models can be developed, including time series forecasting, volatility analysis, and moving averages. • Market Trends and Corporate Comparison Analysis: It can be used to visualize stock price fluctuations across stocks, compare performance between stocks, analyze market trends, optimize portfolios, and more.

As of August 2020, the S&P 500 index had lost ** percent of its value due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Great Crash, which began with Black Tuesday, remains the most significant loss in value in its history. That market crash lasted for 300 months and wiped ** percent off the index value.

The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index is an index of 500 leading publicly traded companies in the United States. In 2021, the index value closed at ******** points, which was the second highest value on record despite the economic effects of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In 2023, the index values closed at ********, the highest value ever recorded. What is the S&P 500? The S&P 500 was established in 1860 and expanded to its present form of 500 stocks in 1957. It tracks the price of stocks on the major stock exchanges in the United States, distilling their performance down to a single number that investors can use as a snapshot of the economy’s performance at a given moment. This snapshot can be explored further. For example, the index can be examined by industry sector, which gives a more detailed illustration of the economy. Other measures Being a stock market index, the S&P 500 only measures equities performance. In addition to other stock market indices, analysts will look to other indicators such as GDP growth, unemployment rates, and projected inflation. Similarly, since these indicators say something about the economic future, stock market investors will use these indicators to speculate on the stocks in the S&P 500.

What is the data?

Used data from Yahoo Finance to get daily data for Opening & Closing Price, Highest & Lowest Prices, Volume of the S&P 500 index.

How was the dataset compiled?

Code: Github Used the yfinance library (github) to import data from yahoo finance directly. Some processing of data was done.

Quality of data

All but a few open prices were missing between 1962-01-01 and 1982-04-10. For these, it was assumed that open price is equal to closing price of previous trading day.

Volume figures until 1949-12-13 are not available.

Some earlier years have less than expected calendar dates | Year with less than expected trading days| Number of Trading Days Recorded | | ---| --- | |1927| 1 | |1928| 195 | | 1929 | 199 | | 1930 | 155 | | 1931 | 183 | | 1932 | 169 | | 1933 | 136 | | 1934 | 91 | | 1935 | 83 | | 1936 | 107 | | 1937 | 83 | | 1938 | 57 | | 1939 | 27 | | 1940 | 8 | | 1941 | 6 | | 1942 | 16 | | 1943 | 7 | | 1944 | 6 | | 1945 | 42 | | 1946 | 48 | | 1947 | 18 | | 1948 | 16 | | 1949 | 1 | | 1968 | 226 |

Added columns for:

 1. percentage Gain/Loss (calculated by taking the percentage difference between closing prices of 2 consecutive trading days)
 2. price variation percentage: (High-Low)/Closing

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The main stock market index of United States, the US500, fell to 6553 points on October 10, 2025, losing 2.71% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has declined 0.53%, though it remains 12.68% higher than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from United States. United States Stock Market Index - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

United States - S&P 500 was 6714.59000 Index in October of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - S&P 500 reached a record high of 6740.28000 in October of 2025 and a record low of 676.53000 in March of 2009. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - S&P 500 - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on October of 2025.

Dataset

This dataset was created by vigneshramasamy

Released under CC0: Public Domain

Contents

The S&P 500, an index of 500 publicly traded companies in the United States, closed at ******** points on the last trading day of December 2024. What is the S&P 500? The S&P 500 is a stock market index that tracks the evolution of 500 companies. In contrast to the Dow Jones Industrial Index, which measures the performance of thirty large U.S. companies, the S&P 500 shows the sentiments in the broader market. Publicly traded companies Companies on the S&P 500 are publicly traded, meaning that anyone can invest in them. A large share of adults in the United States invest in the stock market, though many of these are through a retirement account or mutual fund. While most people make a modest return, the most successful investors have made billions of U.S. dollars through investing.

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List of companies in the S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500). The S&P 500 is a free-float, capitalization-weighted index of the top 500 publicly listed stocks in the US (top 500 by market cap). The ...

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This analysis presents a rigorous exploration of financial data, incorporating a diverse range of statistical features. By providing a robust foundation, it facilitates advanced research and innovative modeling techniques within the field of finance.

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Financial data:

• Historical daily stock prices (open, high, low, close, volume)

• Fundamental data (e.g., market capitalization, price to earnings P/E ratio, dividend yield, earnings per share EPS, price to earnings growth, debt-to-equity ratio, price-to-book ratio, current ratio, free cash flow, projected earnings growth, return on equity, dividend payout ratio, price to sales ratio, credit rating)

• Technical indicators (e.g., moving averages, RSI, MACD, average directional index, aroon oscillator, stochastic oscillator, on-balance volume, accumulation/distribution A/D line, parabolic SAR indicator, bollinger bands indicators, fibonacci, williams percent range, commodity channel index)

Machine learning features:

• Feature engineering based on financial data and technical indicators

• Sentiment analysis data from social media and news articles

• Macroeconomic data (e.g., GDP, unemployment rate, interest rates, consumer spending, building permits, consumer confidence, inflation, producer price index, money supply, home sales, retail sales, bond yields)

Potential Applications:

• Stock price prediction

• Portfolio optimization

• Algorithmic trading

• Market sentiment analysis

• Risk management

Use Cases:

• Researchers investigating the effectiveness of machine learning in stock market prediction

• Analysts developing quantitative trading Buy/Sell strategies

• Individuals interested in building their own stock market prediction models

• Students learning about machine learning and financial applications

Additional Notes:

• The dataset may include different levels of granularity (e.g., daily, hourly)

• Data cleaning and preprocessing are essential before model training

• Regular updates are recommended to maintain the accuracy and relevance of the data

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Prices for United States Stock Market Index (US500) including live quotes, historical charts and news. United States Stock Market Index (US500) was last updated by Trading Economics this October 12 of 2025.