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Wall Street looked set for a mixed open as investors digested a 23% plunge in IBM shares, another jump in oil prices and the start of the second-quarter earnings season. Dow Jones futures were down 281 points, or 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures were 0.1% lower. Nasdaq futures were pointing...
By Ragini Mathur and Avinash P July 14 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures fell on Tuesday in choppy trading as investors sifted through earnings reports from Wall Street's biggest banks, while IBM
Stock futures pointed in different directions Tuesday as rising energy prices, bank earnings, and key inflation data competed for investor attention
JPMorgan Chase’s profit in the second quarter rose 41% from a year ago to $21.2 billion, the bank said Tuesday. Excluding significant items, the bank's’s net income was $16.9 billion. Shares of the largest U.S. bank rose 1.3% in premarket trading.
Market pulses were elevated on Tuesday as Wall Street contended with surging oil prices amid renewed fighting in the Middle East and braced for key economic indicators from the Consumer Price Index and the Fed, and earnings from America's big banks. The Cboe Volatility Index, or Vix, rose 1% to 17.32. The widely watched gauge takes the temperature of Wall Street and any reading above 20 tends to indicate increased market volatility.
Several Fed officials expect at least one interest rate increase this year, and history says that could lead to a stock market correction.
An expected decline in headline inflation for June doesn't tell the full story.
Brent crude oil rose back above $85 a barrel for the first time in a month in early European trade following the third straight night of U.S. attacks on Iran, and its renewed blockade on Iranian trade.
Stock market investors are heading into CPI week with a familiar playbook. The hope is that inflation cools off further and the Fed stays on hold, with robust earnings taking over as the next driver of the S&P 500. For perspective, the S&P 500 recently traded near 7,575, up about 10.7% year ...
It's pushing into an adjacent market that's quite promising.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, with the Dow losing about a quarter of a percent, the S&P 500 falling roughly eight-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq dropping more than one-and-a-half percent.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Oil prices jumped after President Donald Trump announced he would reinstate a blockade on Iranian ports in the latest escalation of U.S.-Iran hostilities.</p><p>Alexander Morris is CEO and chief investment officer of F/m Investments.</p><p>"Anyone watching the market today is really seeing what happens when there is confusion in the market, of information. We have a weekend where we think that Iran is sorting itself out, and then the blockade is back on. The ceasefire is teetering, but we're shooting at each other. Confusion is back. The dollar is down. The [yield] curve is up. It seems like the market is starting to price back in the fact that any of the good news bits that we had previously thought might be the start of the end are actually maybe just the end of the beginning."</p><p>Chip stocks, which have tended to lead the market through both rally and selloff, slid on Monday, with SanDisk, Marvell Technology and Intel dropping between about 6% and 12.5%.</p><p>And after a stellar Nasdaq debut on Friday, U.S.-listed shares of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix sank more than 9%.</p><p>On the flip side, energy stocks led the gainers, as crude prices surged more than 9%. Shares of Chevron added more than 3% while Exxon Mobil climbed 4%.</p><p>Higher oil costs fueled worries that strained supply and upward price pressures could broaden into long-term, systemic inflation.</p><p>To that end, the Labor Department is expected to release its consumer and producer price indexes this week, which will give markets and the Federal Reserve a glimpse at the extent to which the on-again-off-again U.S.-Iran war affected price growth in June.</p></body>
Over the past six months, Agilent’s stock price fell to $134.31. Shareholders have lost 8.2% of their capital, which is disappointing considering the S&P 500 has climbed by 8.4%. This may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Investor expectations are high heading into the earnings season, leaving lots of room for disappointment. Consensus estimates signal S&P 500 earnings to grow 22% from the year-ago period, that’s after more than 27% growth in the first quarter, Bank of America reported. “Expectations are elevated, but we see no signs of earnings momentum rolling over,” Bank of America strategists said, issuing an earnings forecast that sat above consensus estimates and lifting their full-year EPS outlook.
Following an August 2025 executive order from President Donald Trump, the Department of Labor proposed a rule on March 30, 2026, creating a safe harbor for plan fiduciaries who add private equity, private credit, and other alternative assets to 401(k) lineups. The change could affect more ...
Why are chip stocks collapsing while the Dow barely budges? Korean markets just had their worst day since the 2008 financial crisis, and the fallout is hitting semiconductors hard.
Oil prices jumped on Monday as President Donald Trump said the U.S. will reimpose a blockade on Iranian ports and provide other countries safe passage —for a fee — through the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement follows an escalation of U.S.-Iran military strikes after Tehran had targeted ships in the Strait traveling an alternative path to the Tehran-approved route open for ships paying a fee to the regime. With U.S.-Iran negotiations at an impasse over control of the key global shipping route and Tehran's nuclear program, the diplomatic route — and Wall Street's assumption that flare-ups in fighting won't lead the sides back to war — is facing its biggest test.
Wall Street is expecting a tranquil earnings season.
July 13 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Monday, as a fresh escalation between the U.S. and Iran in the Gulf pushed oil prices higher and unsettled investors, while chip stocks
Oil prices jumped on Monday amid escalation of Middle East conflict as the U.S. challenged Iran's assertion of control over the Strait of Hormuz. With U.S.-Iran negotiations at an impasse over the key global shipping route and Tehran's nuclear program, Wall Street's assumption that flare-ups in fighting won't lead the sides back to war is being tested, but still holding firm. With Iran declaring the Strait of Hormuz closed, S&P 500 futures traded slightly lower, with APA, Occidental Petroleum and Devon Energy trading high on the index.
Chipotle has to deliver on a few fronts soon.
US stocks are set for a weaker start to the week after last week finished on a positive note, with technology shares expected to come under the most pressure as investors balanced renewed geopolitical tensions against a busy week for inflation data and the start of bank earnings...
Markets were subdued ahead of a busy week for markets, with inflation reports, bank earnings, and geopolitical risk hanging in the balance.
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were mixed on Monday as investors monitored a sharp selloff across the global memory-chip sector and assessed developments in the biotechnology space.
Financial markets started the week on an uncertain note as renewed military tensions between the United States and Iran pushed oil prices sharply higher, pressured equity futures and shifted investor attention toward a crucial week of corporate earnings. At the same time, weakness across Asian semiconductor stocks has prompted questions about near-term sentiment toward artificial intelligence investments, despite continued strong demand for advanced chips.
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