| Friday's Markets | |
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| S&P 500 6,817 (-0.11%) |
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| Nasdaq 22,903 (+0.35%) |
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| Dow 47,917 (-0.56%) |
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| Bitcoin $73,189 (+1.26%) |
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We're entering bank reporting season, after the stock market put in another positive week. The S&P 500 gained 3.6%, while the Nasdaq climbed 4.7% after the threat of escalation of the Iran conflict subsided. The S&P 500 is within 1% of breaking even in 2026 year to date. S&P 500 futures, however, lost 0.6% this morning -- with Nasdaq futures off by 0.7% -- as President Donald Trump again raised the heat after weekend negotiations with Tehran bore little fruit.
Demand for agentic artificial intelligence (AI) has climbed so high that it's leading to chip shortages and causing rationing of computing power and slowing of product roll-outs, reports The Wall Street Journal. But that's got to be good news for revenue at major semiconductor companies, as a couple of widely held stocks report this week.
The Federal Trade Commission is in talks with a number of advertising companies over alleged coordinated boycotts of platforms including X, says the WSJ. A probe into possible federal antitrust law violations -- covering WPP (NYSE:WPP), Japan's Dentsu (OTC:DNTUY), and others. WPP gained 1% in pre-market trading.
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