Concerns about the economy came into sharp focus on Monday as U.S. stock indexes fell sharply during day-time trading before recovering somewhat by the closing bell.
The S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow fell 3%, 3.4% and 2.6%, respectively. Even the Russell 2000 index, which is made up of smaller public companies, fell 3.3% Monday.
U.S. stocks overall were trading higher Tuesday morning.
The stock prices of Connecticut’s 15 largest publicly traded companies on Monday held up well despite the broader market volatility, collectively increasing about 7%, according to a Hartford Business Journal analysis.
Eight of those 15 companies saw their stock prices increase Monday, led by Norwalk-based Bookings Holdings, which saw a 5.57% increase.
Here’s a look at how the stock prices of Connecticut companies fared:
