Wall Street ends week at record highs
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Wall Street eyes a steady open as Dow Futures rise, with tech gains, Fed policy, and earnings shaping investor sentiment.
U.S. stock index futures jumped on Wednesday after President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan, bolstering expectations of more such agreements as the August 1 deadline approaches. The agreement includes lowering tariffs on Japan's auto sector to 15% from the previous 27.
U.S. stocks are rising toward more records. The S&P 500 climbed 0.5% Friday and was on track to close at an all-time high every day of this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 221 points, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.
Another week, another tariff salvo, and another market shrug,” Barclays analyst Christian Keller told clients.
Wall Street appears calm after President Donald Trump walked back his earlier threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Wall Street turns cautious as Dow Futures fall, Tesla slides, and investors eye tech earnings, ECB signals, and tariffs.
Still, positive earnings surprises kept markets near peaks. Analysts on average expect S&P 500 companies to report a 6.7% increase in earnings for the second quarter, with Big Tech driving much of that gain, according to data compiled by LSEG.
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