The relief that swept the bond market just a day earlier disappeared as oil prices, worries about high inflation and the U.S. government’s debt kept rising. That helped knock the U.S. stock market to its worst loss in three weeks on Thursday, and Walmart led the way on concerns about its upcoming profits. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% for a fourth loss in the five days since setting its record last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.3%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1%. Treasury yields climbed after the price of Brent crude rose 2.4% following President Donald Trump's latest threat to Iran.
The relief that swept the bond market just a day earlier disappeared as oil prices, worries about high inflation and the U.S. government’s debt kept rising. That helped knock the U.S. stock market to its worst loss in three weeks on Thursday, and Walmart led the way on concerns about its upcoming profits. Treasury yields climbed after the price of Brent crude rose 2.4% following President Donald Trump’s latest threat to Iran.
Wall Street pulled further from its all-time high as AI stocks got back to sinking. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% Tuesday for a third straight modest loss since setting its all-time high on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.3%. Nvidia, Micron Technology and Broadcom were some of the heaviest weights on the market amid criticism that their prices shot too high in the frenzy around AI. Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market, while stock indexes were mixed in Europe and Asia.
U.S. stocks slipped further from their record heights after rising oil prices cranked up the pressure on inflation and financial markets. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Monday but remains near its all-time high set on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.3%. Wall Street is near records in large part because profits are booming for big U.S. companies, and investors are waiting for the latest updates from the nation’s biggest retailers coming later this week. In the meantime, rising oil prices sent yields upward in the bond market. Stocks slipped in Europe following a stronger finish in Asia.
Stocks rose on Wall Street and Treasury yields fell after the government reported that employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Friday, topping the all-time high it set on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite added 1.3%. The weaker signal on the job market raised hopes that the Federal Reserve can wait longer before raising interest rates to fight inflation. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.64%. The price of Brent crude rose 1.3%.
Berkshire Hathaway’s new CEO Greg Abel has invested $10 billion in Google’s parent company and repurchased about $4.5 billion of its shares. The conglomerate that legendary investor Warren Buffett built reported its second-quarter earnings Saturday morning and disclosed that its cash holdings had shrunk more than $30 billion to $365.5 billion. Abel announced in March that Berkshire had resumed buying back its own shares for the first time in more than two years, but investors were underwhelmed with the buybacks in the first quarter.
Stocks edged lower on Wall Street as oil prices rose and more company earnings reports rolled in. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Thursday, and was just below the record it reached on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%. Warner Bros. Discovery rose after reporting better-than-expected earnings. Honeywell Aerospace slumped after turning in results that fell well short of forecasts. The price of Brent crude rose nearly 4%. Treasury yields moved higher in the bond market.
Stocks edged lower on Wall Street as oil prices rose and more company earnings reports rolled in. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Thursday, and was just below the record it reached on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%. Warner Bros. Discovery rose after reporting better-than-expected earnings. Honeywell Aerospace slumped after turning in results that fell well short of forecasts. European markets mostly rose. The price of Brent crude rose nearly 4%. Treasury yields moved higher in the bond market.
Stocks held close to their records on Wall Street, while oil prices were relatively steady. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% Wednesday from the all-time high it set a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.8%. SpaceX sank after increasing its spending on artificial intelligence. The Walt Disney Co. rose after reporting results that beat analysts’ forecasts, helped by “Toy Story 5.” European markets were mixed. Treasury yields slipped in the bond market. The price of Brent crude was little changed at about $79 a barrel.
SpaceX reported a smaller loss than Wall Street expected along with a surge in revenue in its first quarterly report as a public company as it sharply boosted spending, particularly on artificial intelligence. The company run by Elon Musk posted a loss of $541 million, or 9 cents per share, in the three months through June, less than half what financial analysts had forecast. Musk will field questions from investors and financial analysts later Tuesday on a conference call. Stock in the rocket, satellite and AI company has fallen by roughly half since its June peak following a massive initial public offering that briefly made Musk the world’s first trillionaire.