---
title: S&P 500 closes above 5,000 for first time ever.
description: "It took 719 sessions for the index to set its latest 1,000-point milestone, a gain of 25%. The 50% advance from 2,000 to 3,000 needed 1,227 trading days, from 2014 to 2019, acc to data compiled by Bloomberg. To double from 1,000 in 1998, it needed 4,168 sessions to get to 2,000 in 2014.\nSource: HolgerZ, Bloomberg"
---

[Syz The Moment](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment)

# [S&P 500 closes above 5,000 for first time ever.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/sp-500-closes-above-5000-for-first-time-ever)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Feb 12, 2024, 10:21:51 AM

[View full post](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/sp-500-closes-above-5000-for-first-time-ever)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2024-02-12T10:21:51.989Z",
  "datePublished" : "2024-02-12T10:21:51Z",
  "headline" : "S&P 500 closes above 5,000 for first time ever.",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 369,
    "url" : "https://25733253.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/25733253/2-Feb-12-2024-10-19-53-8951-AM.jpg",
    "width" : 555
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/sp-500-closes-above-5000-for-first-time-ever",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Syz The Moment"
  }
}
```