Arkansas Index ends day with 7.72 uptick

The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, closed Tuesday at 652.65, up 7.72.

“Wall Street’s main indexes closed higher on Tuesday as the S&P 500 index hit a record closing high, tapered somewhat by the rising cases of the delta variant and a deepening regulatory scrutiny in China adding pressure on the global technology sector,” said Chris Harkins, managing director at Raymond James & Associates.

The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.