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<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended the week higher on Friday...</p><p>and although the Dow was little changed, the S&P 500 gained more than eight-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq climbed 1.7%, catapulting both indexes to more record high closes.</p><p>Credit strong company earnings and a resilient economy, says Ross Mayfield, investment strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management.</p><p>"It's really kind of the soft landing of all soft landings. You're wrapping up one of the best earnings seasons we've seen in some time. One of the best non-recession recovery earnings seasons ever. You've got positive headlines about the war in Iran and the move towards a ceasefire there, particularly ahead of, you know, Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping. You have a great jobs report. So signs that the, you know, the economy outside of the AI sector is still holding in pretty well. [FLASH] Now, that doesn't mean there isn't a big tail risk out there if the war in Iran kind of reverses or escalates for whatever reason. But barring that, it is very hard to see a reason that this market doesn't melt up into the summer and really into year end."</p><p>High-flying chip stocks had another stellar session, with shares of Intel gaining 14% after the Wall Street Journal reported the company reached a preliminary deal to make some chips for Apple devices. Shares of Apple added 2%.</p><p>Shares of Micron Technology and Sandisk spiked more than 15% and 16%, respectively, lifted by strong demand from the rapid buildout of AI data centers.</p><p>:: Cloudflare</p><p>Still, other tech stocks didn't fare as well, with Cloudflare plunging more than 23% after the cloud services company said it would cut about 20% of its workforce, and forecast second-quarter revenue slightly below Wall Street expectations.</p><p>:: CoreWeave</p><p>Shares of CoreWeave tumbled more than 11% after the cloud infrastructure technology company raised the lower end of its annual capital expenditure forecast, citing a rise in component costs.</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Expedia dropped more than 9% after the online travel platform flagged that the conflict in the Middle East was hurting demand.</p></body>
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.7% to its own record. Monster Beverage and Akamai Technologies helped lead the market after reporting better profits for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The Nasdaq composite rose 440.88 points, or 1.7%, to 26,247.08.
News Corporation posts fiscal Q3 earnings and revenue growth, fueled by gains in Dow Jones, digital real estate and book publishing.
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8am: Futures point higher US stocks are set for a positive open on Friday, with futures pointing higher as Wall Street looks ahead to April's non-farm payrolls report, even as tensions in the Middle East flared overnight. Nasdaq futures are up 0.7%, S&P 500 futures have gained 0.5%,...
FEATURE There was car news on Friday, just not from Tesla Toyota Motor reported fiscal year 2026 earnings and provided an outlook for fiscal year 2027. It’s ho-hum. Tesla stock didn’t seem to be affected, but Toyota investors reacted with caution.
Dow Jones futures: President Donald Trump says a U.S.-Iran ceasefire is intact despite clashes. Rocket Lab, Cloudflare and IREN are big earnings movers.
Stocks were on course to rise to close out the week, with Wall Street seemingly more focused on the looming April jobs report than an exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran. S&P 500 futures added 0.3% and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 gained 0.5%. Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report could have a bigger bearing on the market than events in the Middle East.
World shares retreated and oil prices fell back Friday as the fragile ceasefire with Iran was strained by missile and drone attacks that prompted U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iranian military facilities. Investors are closely watching the war situation as negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end the war make limited progress.
Investors are taking overnight clashes in stride.
Whirlpool reported a first-quarter per share loss of 56 cents from sales of $3.3 billion. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of 38 cents from sales of $3.4 billion.
Iran deal doubts hit stocks Thursday, but Nvidia, Tesla were strong. CoreWeave, Rocket Lab, Cloudflare were earnings movers late. The jobs report is on deck.
The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil settled at roughly $100 Thursday and continued its decline from more than $115 early this week. The Nasdaq composite fell 32.75 points, or 0.1%, to 25,806.20. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 47.15 points, or 1.6% to 2,839.63.
May 7 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq touched record highs on Thursday as oil prices plunged further on hopes of a U.S.-Iran peace agreement that could potentially normalize crude supplies
By Lawrence Delevingne and Sophie Kiderlin May 7 (Reuters) - Global stocks mostly held their gains on Thursday while oil prices sank again on optimism over a U.S.-Iran peace deal, even as the fate of
US equity futures were marginally higher pre-bell Thursday as hopes for a finalized peace deal betwe
Whirlpool reported a first-quarter per share loss of 56 cents from sales of $3.3 billion. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of 38 cents from sales of $3.4 billion.
Oil prices fell further, extending a sharp decline from a day earlier on investor optimism about diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran. Brent crude, the global benchmark, was more than 2% lower at around $99 a barrel.
The lead of one of the most profitable hedge funds on Wall Street leveled with investors about rising prices.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now up more than 10% from its recent low on March 27, rising 1.24% on Wednesday to close 612 points higher. The benchmark ended the day just under the 50,000-point milestone.