Markets Set New All-Time Closing Highs. Here's Why.

The Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 QQQ had an impressive day of trading Thursday with the fund seeing gains of 1.04% finishing at $335.08.

Major indices were trading higher amid a rebound in tech stocks. Additionally, Federal Reserve minutes from the central bank’s March meeting indicated current monetary policies would remain in place until certain economic conditions improve.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY reached an all-time high of $408.57 before finishing higher by 0.47% at $408.49. The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust DIA also finished higher by 0.23% at $335.13.

Here are the day's winners and losers from the QQQ, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

The leaders for the QQQ Thursday were from tech and growth names: Paypal Holdings Inc PYPL, Intuit Inc. INTU and Align Technology, Inc. ALGN. 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals VRTX, Cintas Corporation CTAS and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc WBA were among the top laggards for the Nasdaq Thursday. 

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