Wall Street ends higher after Zelenskiy and Trump clash

Wall Street ends higher after Zelenskiy and Trump clash

By Noel Randewich

Fri February 28, 2025 4:18 PM

The headline is more than a little misleading, implying that the market actually liked the big clash in the Oval Office this afternoon. But a closer look at the details reveals that the clash was not the reason the market rose. In fact, all three indexes fell into the red immediately following the meeting. Then investors took a few deep breaths and optimism reemerged that there ultimately would be a deal to end the war in Ukraine.  

S&P 500 ends down as Nvidia tumbles following report

S&P 500 ends down as Nvidia tumbles following report

By Noel Randewich and Johann M Cherian

Thu February 27, 2025 6:59 PM

There’s just a whole lot of confusion and uncertainty out there. There was a big mystery yesterday why Nvidia’s stock got such a big boost when they had not yet turned in their Q4, a report widely expected to be disappointing. And today, with the report front and center, though earnings were quite respectable they were not of the stellar nature of past quarters and years so Nvidia had a dramatic fall of 8.5% more than wiping out yesterday’s boost, and all of tech followed suit. Unemployment claims came in higher than expected which also fueled uncertainty about the world’s greatest economy beginning to sputter.  

S&P 500 ends barely changed; Nvidia shares up after the bell

S&P 500 ends barely changed; Nvidia shares up after the bell

By Caroline Valetkevitch

Wed February 26, 2025 5:06 PM

It’s another Wall Street mystery. The market did not have high hopes for Nvidia today so tech’s sell off continued yesterday. But despite the fact that Nvidia’s report did not come in until after the closing bell – and the report was indeed positive -- Nvidia’s stock still shot up a whopping 3.7% and the overall chip index up 2.1%. The Nasdaq finally got its big boost, up some 250 points by noon and the S&P enjoyed a similar morning rally. Then hopes were dashed and all the indexes declined dramatically all afternoon, particularly the Dow, ending the day 3-digits in the red and the S&P and Nasdaq ending in the black but much reduced from the morning.  

Wall Street ends mixed in the face of mounting uncertainties

Wall Street ends mixed in the face of mounting uncertainties

By Stephen Culp

Tue February 25, 2025 4:23 PM

It was another very choppy day as uncertainties mounted and, as nerves go, the Dow benefitted up some 160 points while tech suffered, the Nasdaq down 260. The S&P and Nasdaq both touched one-month lows as well as suffering four consecutive sessions in the red. Today’s consumer confidence data spooked everyone as it confirmed that Joe Citizen expected the economy and inflation to get worse under Trump’s policies and small businesses cutting back on capital expenditures in direct proportion to the rise in uncertainty. The U of M confidence index plummeted from over 85 in November to under 65 now as well as an 11.3% plunge in near-term expectations.  

Nasdaq, S&P 500 fall as AI caution weighs on tech, Nvidia results in focus

Nasdaq, S&P 500 fall as AI caution weighs on tech, Nvidia results in focus

By Sinéad Carew and Johann M Cherian

Mon February 24, 2025 4:38 PM

Thankfully, the Great Selloff, except for the Nasdaq did not continue into Day 3. The Dow was up some 270 points as late as 2 pm. But volatility is still very much in play. Tech is still feeling the trauma of both DeepSeek and the rate cut path as well as the tug of war between slowing growth and inflation. Which will create the bigger problem? The rest of the market continues to digest the Walmart scare with investors anxiously awaiting Friday’s CPE.  

Wall Street ends sharply lower on mounting concerns over economy, tariffs

Wall Street ends sharply lower on mounting concerns over economy, tariffs

By Stephen Culp

Fri February 21, 2025 7:56 PM

Whoa! Speak of Black Friday! There was a lot of competition today for worst news! Was it L.A. mayor fires fire chief? Or Trump fires the black Chair of the JCS? Or that the stock market has had three terrible days in a row! Today even the S&P registered a 3-digit loss and the Dow was down a whopping 748 points notching its biggest one-week decline since October and the S&P its biggest one-day drop since December.  

Wall St ends lower as weak Walmart guidance prompts consumer demand worries

Wall St ends lower as weak Walmart guidance prompts consumer demand worries

By Stephen Culp

Thu February 20, 2025 4:21 PM

Walmart turned the world upside down today when it announced a downbeat forecast due to tariffs, which in turn trashed their stock price to the tune of a whopping 6.5% one-day loss which then in turn infected the rest of the market. As Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, is regarded as the bulwark for consumer spending, this sent everyone to the exits, especially the blue-chip Dow suffering a 450 point loss. It is yet one more indication of the feared damage the Trump tariffs may do to the overall economy.  

S&P 500 edges to record closing high as Fed minutes parsed

S&P 500 edges to record closing high as Fed minutes parsed

By Stephen Culp

Wed February 19, 2025 4:19 PM

All three indexes started the day well into the red, the Dow down some 250 points by 1 pm but then all rebounding to modest gains by close. As investors continue to parse Fed minutes, on the minus side there is the scenario of a coming economic slowdown. On the plus side this could mean more rate cuts sooner. Then there is the question of the coming reciprocal tariffs. The glass-half-full people see them as a bargaining chip, more bark than bite. The glass-half-empty people see them as sparking a global trade war.  

S&P 500 ekes out all-time closing high as Fed minutes eyed

S&P 500 ekes out all-time closing high as Fed minutes eyed

By Stephen Culp

Tue February 18, 2025 5:01 PM

There’s a whole lot going on this week with all the indexes up and down quite a lot, the Dow down over 200 as late as 2:30 pm, but then all three closing near break-even as “wait-and-see” became the theme of the day. The Fed minutes come out on Wednesday but the Fed today has reiterated its position of keeping rates steady. Retails sales comes later in the week. Q4 is in its final stretch with 383 companies reporting and 74% of them beating estimates.  

Wall Street ends mixed; Nvidia lifts Nasdaq

Wall Street ends mixed; Nvidia lifts Nasdaq

By Noel Randewich and Sukriti Gupta

Fri February 14, 2025 4:20 PM

It was a shot straight down on industrials with the Dow suffering yet another 3-digit loss while tech had a more haphazard day with the S&P barely reaching break-even but the Nasdaq had a better time boosted by a 2.6% upsurge in Nvidia as well as 1.3% from Apple. The good news was a drop in retail sales of more than 1% over December which might bolster the case for rate cuts, always a boost for tech.  

Wall Street ends higher after Trump unveils tariff plan

Wall Street ends higher after Trump unveils tariff plan

By Noel Randewich and Sukriti Gupta

Thu February 13, 2025 4:13 PM

Yesterday the three indexes were sunk by a less than glowing CPI report. Today the PPI and PCE reports, though not exactly glowing, were at least much closer in line with expectations and that triggered some relief in confidence and spurred another day of 3-digit gains. Trump’s announcement today of reciprocal tariffs provided a little more clarity about policy and that also provided some relief and more buying. However, the bottom line remains as expressed by today’s expert, “Investors were also preparing for kind of an alarmingly high inflation number, based on tariffs.” Volume came in very close to the 15.0 billion average at 15.3 billion. 

DJ: 44,368.56  -225.09       NAS: 19,649.95  +6.09        S&P: 6,051.97  -16.53         2/12

DJ: 44,711.43    +342.87    NAS: 19,945.64  +295.69    S&P: 6,115.07  +63.10        2/13

Thu 2-13-25 4:13 pm Wall Street ends higher after Trump unveils tariff plan | Reuters

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures climb with PPI inflation looming after hot CPI

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures climb with PPI inflation looming after hot CPI

Wed, February 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM EST

It is the rare case that sometimes there is no daily market report to be found anywhere. I gave up on the Wall Street Journal years ago when it stopped publishing its concise column on daily market moves, leaving one to read the entire paper to piece the whole puzzle together, and who has time for that? I’ve instead been using Reuters for years but today, no deal. Yahoo can sometimes be an alternate but, again, today not, not except for just the headline. It says “Stock market today” but it wasn’t really. So all I have today is a headline to share and the basic index data from the Journal website.  The bottom line: CPI came in hotter than expected, in fact the hottest in 18 months, so the market went into a dive. Hopefully, better reporting tomorrow. 

DJ: 44,593.65  +123.24      NAS: 19,643.86  -70.41       S&P: 6,068.50  +2.06          2/11

DJ: 44,368.56  -225.09       NAS: 19,649.95  +6.09        S&P: 6,051.97  -16.53         2/12

Wall Street ends mixed as Coca-Cola gains and Tesla drops

Wall Street ends mixed as Coca-Cola gains and Tesla drops

By Noel Randewich and Sukriti Gupta

Tue February 11, 2025 5:22 PM

Seesaw action was evident on all three indexes today but, unlike Monday, Tuesday saw tech mostly in the red and industrials mostly in the black with the Dow posting a respectable 3-digit gain, the S&P broke even coming off a 24 point loss and the Nasdaq recovered halfway from a 135 point loss. The key factors in all this volatility were the CPI data due tomorrow which will give the Fed an updated inflation picture and investors parsing the next rate cuts.  

Wall Street ends higher on AI strength; steelmakers climb on Trump tariff threat

Wall Street ends higher on AI strength; steelmakers climb on Trump tariff threat

By Noel Randewich and Shashwat Chauhan

Mon February 10, 2025 7:35 PM

Tech shot straight up right out the gate and stayed up the rest of the day while industrials went through a seesaw motion but still ended the day with respectable gains, all quite the opposite of Friday’s action though not quite enough to overcome the prior session’s losses. The tariff threat is what brought the market down on Friday and, ironically, a new tariff announcement today on aluminum and steel boosted the market.  

Wall Street closes lower on trade war escalation, weak data

Wall Street closes lower on trade war escalation, weak data

By Abigail Summerville and Shashwat Chauhan

Fri February 7, 2025 4:44 PM

After a very brief and modest rally that lasted only ½ hour (the Dow at +110 at 10 a.m.), all three indexes quickly went downhill and it was a straight shot down all day with big 3-digit losses all around, all three breaking a 3-week winning streak. The much awaited jobs report showed 598,000 fewer jobs vs a forecast of 818,000 and the lowest consumer sentiment numbers in seven months reflects a fear of surging inflation, which consumers expect to rocket to 4.3% this year.  

Wall Street ends mixed in choppy trading; Amazon, jobs report in focus

Wall Street ends mixed in choppy trading; Amazon, jobs report in focus

By Abigail Summerville and Sukriti Gupta

Thu February 6, 2025 6:42 PM

Tariffs went on the backburner and earnings came up front as the Dow took a dive while the Nasdaq and S&P rose. Eyes are on Amazon’s Q4 which came in after hours beating revenue forecasts but below sales in cloud computing. Eli Lilly, Tapestry, and Philip Morris all beat expectations. The good news was an increase in unemployment benefits, which goes along with the lower job openings reported Tuesday, and increased optimism about a June rate cut.  

Wall St ends higher as investors digest earnings, rate cut prospects

Wall St ends higher as investors digest earnings, rate cut prospects

By Abigail Summerville and Shashwat Chauhan

Wed February 5, 2025 5:13 PM

All the indexes started in the red, the Nasdaq deeply in the red about 150 points, but began recovering almost immediately reaching break-even around noon. Though the Nasdaq managed to close just barely in the black, both the S&P and Dow did considerably better, the Dow even closing with a respectable 3-digit gain. The earlier drop was due to a disappointing Google Q4 and the comeback attributed to a gradual recovery of the AI sector after last week’s DeepSeek shock, particularly with Nvidia which boosted up 5.4%.  

Wall Street rises on US-China trade optimism, energy boost

Wall Street rises on US-China trade optimism, energy boost

By Abigail Summerville and Sukriti Gupta

Tue February 4, 2025 4:43 PM

The recovery that started yesterday, though it never did reach break-even, continued in earnest today with all three indexes on a steady upward climb with the Dow and Nasdaq notching 3-digit gains, more than making up Monday’s losses. With the tariffs for Mexico and Canada now on pause, investors took hope today that a similar deal will also be reached with China, though Trump has indicated he is in no hurry to negotiate with Xi.  

Wall Street closes down, pares losses after Trump delays Mexico tariffs

Wall Street closes down, pares losses after Trump delays Mexico tariffs

By Abigail Summerville and Shashwat Chauhan

Mon February 3, 2025 5:34 PM

With the dreaded tariffs due to hit at midnight tonight, the markets plummeted big time, the Dow down over 700 points by 10:30, the Nasdaq an equally disastrous 500 points. It must have been right at 10:30 that Trump made the announcement that the tariffs on Canada and Mexico anyway would be paused for a month as our two neighbors agreed to beef up border enforcement. Almost immediately, there was a huge buy back of all the equities that had been sold earlier as investors had made a mad rush into safe haven assets.