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Wall Street main indicators fell on Friday but headed to weekly gains despite market worries.
The S&P main board fell for the next day in a row but still heads into losing this week’s sessions with gains. The same goes for the All Wall Street Main Index, with the DOA falling by 0.04%, the Nasdaq climbing by 0.11%, and the S&P falling by 0.03%. In the previous session, the S&P Min index surged to its all-time high score of 5.500.00, which boosted investor sentiments and their future outlook. However, the weakening of individual gains has affected those strategies. However, the birth of the first chipmaker in the world will bring Nvidia to the spotlight as the world’s first valuable tech company.
At the same time, U.S. Federal Reserve officials resist the fact that their office might need more evidence to maintain interest rates. But in terms of the bigger picture, most of the world will bring black Nvidia into the spotlight as the world’s fed officials believe there will soon be interest rate cuts, most likely in September. In terms of taming inflation, the persisting inflationary pressures seem to have lasted for years, according to the recent federally reserved blog post on Liberty. Meanwhile, investors will turn their attention to other economic data, which includes manufacturing and home sales.
Economic data focuses on June’s manufacturing and services PMI readings and May’s existing home sales data.
Fed officials, including Thomas Barkin, expressed caution on rate cuts, emphasizing the need for more evidence of tamed inflation before easing monetary policy.
As for the individual stock market news, Boeing stock edged higher after reports of nearing an agreement to repurchase Spirit Aerosystems, which soared over 6%. The company has already revealed that they have been facing some difficulties in the negotiation process due to Spirit’s work for rival Airbus, which threatened to obstruct any deal involving Boeing manufacturing parts for its latest models. Carmax stock prices jumped by 25% despite the 33% first-quarter decline; this should cover some of the company’s losses and get it back on track.
The U.S. dollar hits an eight-week high against the yen.
The data shared today by reports shows that the U.S. dollar has climbed several currencies this Friday. On top of that, this week will be its eighth fresh week of inflation, which will boost the yen’s market position since its position as the world’s leading currency is under question.
Matt Weller, head of market research at StoneX, Grand Rapids, Michigan, says, “Coming on the back of disappointing (purchasing managers’ index) figures out of Europe, the stronger-than-expected U.S. PMIs have revived the ‘U.S. economic exceptionalism’ narrative and may well close the door on any potential for a July rate cut from the Fed.”
Meanwhile, oil prices declined during the Friday trading session; the West Texas Intermediate was down by 0.39% to $80 per barrel. Brent crude oil fell by 0.28% to $85 per barrel. The economist sees that the energy sector will have a rough time this year due to the OPEC production cuts. Particularly when the U.S. data shows a decline in its oil inventories
