Starting the first trading session of December, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) leads stocks in gains as it jumps higher than 0.5% after the opening bell; the index is up over 28% year-to-date.

Morning Brief host Brad Smith and Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre observe this morning's market action, while looking back on the three major indexes' (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) performances in 2024, November's sector winners and losers, and Intel's (INTC) stock performance since Pat Gelsinger came on as CEO. Intel announced Gelsinger's retirement as CEO earlier this morning.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.