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U.S. stocks have been swinging into and out of the green all morning, but as of the latest trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 were both higher, while the Nasdaq Composite remained stuck in the red.
Stocks ended higher Friday as investors shook off concerns about the health of the banking sector and mulled comments from President Donald Trump about threatened extra tariffs on Chinese goods.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major indexes flip-flopped Wednesday afternoon, following new developments in the U.S.-China trade war. NvidiaNVDA was also jerked around, while Advanced Micro DevicesAMD bolted higher on the stock market today.
Tech stocks helped lead the way thanks in part to a profit report from ASML, which is a major supplier to the semiconductor industry. The Dutch company said it expects its revenue for 2025 to be 15% above last year’s, while next year’s should be at least as high as this year’s.
Stock indexes closed lower Thursday as regional bank shares came under pressure, while bond yields fell to their lowest level since April and safe-haven gold set its latest record high.
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However, Zion stock bounced nearly 4% Friday morning as Baird analysts said "buy the dip" after an "excessive" sell-off. Western shares moved up nearly 2% and the KRE ETF gained 1.3% premarket. Be sure to follow Scott Lehtonen on X at @IBD_SLehtonen for more on growth stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the stock market today.
The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5%.
US stock markets surged Monday. The Dow jumped 574 points, rebounding from Fridays 1.05% loss. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained 1.1% and 1.5%, recovering after Fridays sharp declines of 0.8% and 1.7%. President Trump eased tariff fears on China.
On Oct. 7, S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) launched its new S&P Digital Markets 50 Index. This is a new market cap-weighted index from S&P Dow Jones Indices that will track a basket of 50 cryptocurrencies and crypto-related stocks. In theory, it should give investors a quick snapshot look at how the broader crypto ecosystem is performing.
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