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S&P 500 is heading for its first ‘golden cross’ in more than 2 years. Here’s what comes next.

July 1, 2025
06:13 PM
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The positive technical indicator suggests momentum is building in bulls’ favor.

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Advanced ➔ Results Market ExtraS&P 500 is heading for its first ‘golden cross’ in more than 2 years

Here’s what comes next

The positive nical indicator suggests momentum is building in bulls’ favorPublished: July 1, 2025 at 2:13 p

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Stocks were heading for a major milestone on Tuesday

Photo: MarketWatch/iStockphotoThe S&P 500 is kicking off the second half of 2025 in style

For the first time in more than two years, the benchmark index was set to tally a bullish “golden cross” on Tuesday

It would be the milestone for a recovery that has already earned a spot in the record books

The Author Joseph AdinolfiJoseph Adinolfi is a reporter at MarketWatch

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