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It's fair to question whether retail investors have become a bit overzealous about SpaceX.
Tech is the standout perform in a narrowing market, with oil, trade, and inflation issues brewing on the sidelines.
President Trump's Fed chair nominee could be opening a can of worms for investors.
Semis took a breather, and so did stocks. A reversal for the semiconductor sector brought the market to a standstill. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added just 56 points, or 0.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Tuesday, but the Dow posted a modest gain, while the S&P 500 edged down slightly and the Nasdaq lost seven-tenths of a percent.</p><p>The S&P 500 and Nasdaq eased off record highs after the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index was hotter than expected, pushing the annual inflation rate to 3.8%, its highest in three years.</p><p>And that's likely where it will hover for a while, says Dean Smith, chief strategist and portfolio manager for FolioBeyond.</p><p>"So I think the markets are digesting the fact that this is real. This is our new normal now. This is where we're going to live. We're going to be living in an inflationary environment that's in the neighborhood of between 3.5 and 4%. We're going to be living with something like a 4.5% 10-year [Treasury bond yield], something like a 5% 30- year long bond for the foreseeable future. And that's going to cause some recalibration. I think that's what we're seeing in the market today."</p><p>Meanwhile, the Iran war, now in its 11th week, showed no signs of a near-term resolution. </p><p>The notion of a protracted conflict raises the probability that spiking energy prices could create more entrenched inflation. That has all but squelched hopes for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this year under the presumed chairmanship of Kevin Warsh, whom the U.S. Senate confirmed to the central bank board on Tuesday.</p><p>Among the session's stock moves, shares of Humana gained more than 7.5% after Bernstein hiked its price target by 36%.</p><p>:: eBay</p><p>Shares of GameStop dipped about 3.5% after eBay rejected the meme stock trailblazer's $56 billion takeover bid.</p><p>:: Hims & Hers </p><p>And shares of Hims & Hers Health tumbled about 14% after the telehealth company's pivot to branded weight-loss drugs drove up costs and led to a surprise loss in the first quarter.</p></body>
The U.S. might be facing a testy economic backdrop, with the Iran War, worries about oil rationing, and a return of inflation, but the market continues to soldier onward and upward. The market has clung onto one balloon in particular: chipmakers. From its March lows, the VanEck Semiconductor ETF ...
US stock futures wavered as investors digested new inflation data and awaited updates on US-Iran talks and President Trump's trip to China.
US stock futures wavered as investors digested new inflation data and awaited updates on US-Iran talks and President Trump's trip to China.
US equity indexes traded mixed on Tuesday as a hotter-than-expected inflation print amid soaring gas
What Happened in Markets Today Semis took a breather, and so did stocks. A reversal for the semiconductor sector brought the market to a standstill. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 0.
The Iran war is already having a significant impact on prices.
US equity indexes fell in Tuesday's midday trading as a hotter-than-expected inflation print for Apr
We can see clearly how disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have affected energy prices: +3.8% overall, +5.4% for gasoline.
By Ragini Mathur and Utkarsh Hathi May 12 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes edged lower on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq pulling back from record highs after a hotter-than-expected
May 12 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Tuesday, as investors weighed a hotter-than-expected inflation report and fading hopes for a swift resolution to the Middle East conflict.
Major stock indexes are settling in after a bit of volatility this morning. Dow futures have turned slightly positive, while S&P 500 futures are down 0.2%. Nasdaq futures are down 0.6%. Each of these indexes is in a place better than where they were immediately after the inflation report came out.
Consumer prices jumped more than expected in April, a sign that inflation is accelerating as the Iran war's fallout ripples through the economy. The headline consumer price index rose 0.6% from the previous month and 3.8% from a year earlier, above the 0.59% monthly gain and 3.7% annual increase economists had forecast, according to a survey by FactSet. The 3.8% annual increase marks the fastest pace of price growth since May 2023 and is also a notable jump from March, when CPI rose 3.3% year over year.
Stocks continued their downward drift after April inflation data came in higher than expected. S&P 500 futures declined 0.5%, and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 dropped nearly 1% right after the report.
Wall Street futures pointed moderately lower pre-bell Tuesday as traders weighed rising crude prices
President Trump said the cease-fire was on “massive life support." The S&P 500 added 0.2% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial rose 95 points, or 0.2%. Shares of Lumentum Holdings led the S&P 500, surging more than 16%, with Coherent and Corning also up double-digits.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2%, while the S&P 500 also inched 0.2% higher and the Nasdaq Composite edged up 0.1%. Investor attention is focused squarely on events later in the week, including inflation data and a meeting between the U.S. and China. Sure, there’s still a war going on, and the impasse in the Gulf shows no signs of ending as the U.S. and Iran fail to reach a peace agreement.
US stock futures rose as Wall Street awaited April's inflation report, which is expected to provide clues about how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.
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