S&P Dow Jones Issues Financials for Second Quarter of 2019
September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 -- S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of S&P Global, issued the following news release:
S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI") announced today that preliminary Q2 2019 S&P 500(R) stock buybacks, or share repurchases, were $164.5 billion. This was the second consecutive quarterly decline after four consecutive quarters of record buybacks. Q2 2019 buybacks were 20.1% lower than Q1 2019's $205.6 billion, 13.7% lower year-over-year from Q2 2018 . . .
S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI") announced today that preliminary Q2 2019 S&P 500(R) stock buybacks, or share repurchases, were $164.5 billion. This was the second consecutive quarterly decline after four consecutive quarters of record buybacks. Q2 2019 buybacks were 20.1% lower than Q1 2019's $205.6 billion, 13.7% lower year-over-year from Q2 2018 . . .