Why Nasdaq-100 Leveraged ETF TQQQ Is Trading Higher

ProShares UltraPro QQQ TQQQ shares are trading higher by 7.07% to $32.48 Thursday morning. TQQQ seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times (3x) the daily performance of the Nasdaq-100 ETF.

Major indices are higher during Thursday's session following strong earnings from NVIDIA and better-than-expected US economic data. U.S. House Speaker McCarthy said negotiators have made some debt ceiling progress but said he does not know if they will have a deal today.

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that debt ceiling negotiators "made some progress," but open issues remain. "I don’t think everybody is going to be happy at the end of the day. That’s not how this system works," he added.

McCarthy's remarks came after days of lengthy negotiations between White House officials and senior Republican lawmakers about the need to increase the debt limit before the June 1 deadline. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the U.S. government may begin skipping payments beyond the X-date...Read More

According to data from Benzinga Pro, TQQQ has a 52-week high of $39.38 and a 52-week low of $16.10.