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US stocks were set to open lower on Wednesday, but investors gained a little confidence from fresh inflation data ahead of the opening bell, while there were conflicting Middle East messages that pushed oil prices higher. Futures pointed to a weaker start on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones,...
Tesla stock was lower early Wednesday after a flare-up in tensions in the Middle East, leaving investors nervous. Shares of the electric-vehicle maker were down 1.5% at $390.91 in premarket trading, while and futures were down 0.8% and 0.7%, respectively. The move came after the U.S. military retaliated after Iran downed an Apache helicopter, threatening a fragile cease-fire.
U. S. equity futures traded lower on Wednesday as investors assessed renewed military action between the United States and Iran while awaiting a closely watched inflation report and quarterly results from software giant Oracle (NYSE:ORCL).
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh sees room to lower interest rates, but President Trump's actions have essentially made rate cuts impossible.
The May inflation report sets the stage for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to act.
The slide extended a bout of volatility that has raised worries that stocks’ record run is rooted in the staggering gains of a handful of chip companies. Many gainers were tied to the real economy: Shares in Home Depot were among the Dow’s best performers, while Jif maker J.M. Smucker led the S&P 500.
Markets are also assessing the odds for a Mideast peace plan after the US and Irn traded strikes.
Markets are also assessing the odds for a Mideast peace plan after the US and Irn traded strikes.
Casey’s General Stores stock advances after the convenience store operator reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1%. Indexes swung lower after companies selling computer chips, memory and other building blocks of the AI boom broke from early gains to losses. The drops for AI stocks drowned out the benefit of lower oil prices, and most stocks in the S&P 500 rose.
Investors are selling the market's biggest recent winners: mostly chip stocks.
Here are some of the biggest decliners in the S&P 500's tech sector as the market rout deepened this afternoon: Coherent, down 15%. Super Micro Computer, down 12%. Lumentum, down 12%. AppLovin, down 10%.
Acushnet has followed the market’s trajectory closely, rising in tandem with the S&P 500 over the past six months. The stock has climbed by 8.7% to $90.56 per share while the index has gained 8%.
Since June 2021, the S&P 500 has delivered a total return of 74.9%. But one standout stock has more than doubled the market - over the past five years, Standex has surged 197% to $292.30 per share. Its momentum hasn’t stopped as it’s also gained 26.5% in the last six months, beating the S&P by 18.5%.
Over the last six months, Chipotle’s shares have sunk to $29.20, producing a disappointing 13.4% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 8% gain. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
The excitement is building around the SpaceX IPO, which is set to debut on the Nasdaq Composite on Friday.
June 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes rose at the open on Tuesday, as chipmakers extended gains for a second day, while easing hostilities in the Middle East also aided sentiment.
Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) can drive the dagger into Trump's hopes for a rate cut at the June 17 meeting.
Bank of America’s year-end target for the S&P 500 is 7,100, while Citi has raised the year-end target to 8,100 from 7,700.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mostly higher Monday boosted by shares of chip companies.</p><p>While the Dow fell slightly, the S&P 500 added three tenths of one percent and the Nasdaq climbed about nine tenths.</p><p>:: Intel</p><p>Intel shares jumped 11% after news website The Information reported that Alphabet's Google had placed an order to manufacture more than 3 million tensor processing units in 2028.</p><p>:: Marvell Technology</p><p>And shares of Marvell Tech rose 9.5% after S&P announced that the company would be added to the S&P 500 index later this month.</p><p>Also, Iran and Israel said they had halted attacks on each other.</p><p>This came after an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump that they immediately "stop shooting." </p><p>The attacks over 24 hours were the most direct confrontation between Iran and Israel since an April ceasefire in the war.</p><p>Justin Livengood, senior portfolio manager with Invesco, says he thinks regardless of when there is an end to the conflict in the Middle East, energy prices could stay higher, which could lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.</p><p>“Inflation's been drifting up in general the last six to nine months, not just for oil prices but even for core elements. And that's a concern. I think that concern persists as oil and natural gas prices linger higher. And the longer that persists, the more likely we are to have a Fed feel they need to raise rates late this year. I certainly feel that right now the base case for the Fed is a hike, not a cut, as their next move. And I think with each week and month that this Middle East conflict continues. The odds of that hike get pulled forward.” </p><p>:: Apple</p><p>Other stocks on the move included Apple which dropped almost 2% after announcing a Siri revamp at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.</p><p>:: AWS</p><p>And shares of Corning gained 5.5% after Amazon announced a multi-year multi-billion-dollar deal to buy the company's optical fiber and cables for its data centers. </p></body>
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, June 8 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rebounded on Monday from Friday's tech-led rout, on news of an Israel-Iran detente and as investors bought back cheapened
<body><p>STORY: "The concern is we've had a 30-40 basis point backup in rates here in the last month," said Livengood. "The 10-year is dancing around 4.6 percent. If that goes a lot higher, if we hit 5 percent or more, that interest rate scenario probably slows economic growth a bit, starts to slow earnings growth of the S&P 500 companies, and changes our investment outlook a bit to be more defensive."</p><p>He added that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates if this occurs.</p></body>
Rumble has been treading water for the past six months, recording a small return of 4.9% while holding steady at $7.55. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 10.7% gain during that period.
Over the last six months, Box’s shares have sunk to $26.48, producing a disappointing 15.3% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 10.7% gain. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
Wall Street heads into a big week after a sharp selloff rattled investors, with inflation data, Apple's annual developer conference and the highly anticipated SpaceX initial public offering set to dominate market attention. Stocks ended last week under pressure after a stronger-than-expected...
June 8 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday, bouncing back from a sharp selloff in the prior session, aided by a recovery in chip stocks and signs of easing tensions in the
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