U.S. Stocks Give Back Ground Following Early Rebound
26 Fevereiro 2025 - 6:42PM
IH Market News
Stocks showed a strong move to the upside early in the session
on Wednesday but have given back ground since then. The major
averages have pulled back well off their highs of the session, with
the Dow sliding firmly into negative territory.
Currently, the major averages are turning in a mixed
performance. While the Dow is down 213.78 points or 0.5 percent at
43,407.38, the S&P 500 (SPI:SP500) is 3.48 points or 0.1
percent at 5,958.73 and the Nasdaq is up 68.46 points or 0.4
percent at 19,094.84.
The early strength on Wall Street partly reflected bargain
hunting following weakness, which saw the Nasdaq and the S&P
500 close lower for four straight sessions.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq tumbled to its lowest closing level in
three months on Tuesday, while the S&P 500 fell to a one-month
closing low.
Buying interest has waned over the course of the session,
however, as traders express caution ahead of earnings news from
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA).
The AI darling and market leader has pulled back off its best
levels but remains up by 3.6 percent ahead of the release of its
fourth quarter financial results after the close of today’s
trading.
“Nvidia is due to report its fourth-quarter and full-year
results on Wednesday and investors will be looking forward to the
usual demolition of forecasts and also positive guidance for the
next quarter from chief executive Jensen Huang,” said AJ Bell
investment director Russ Mould.
“Failure to deliver the customary upside surprise might not sit
well,” he added. “Nvidia’s shares are no higher than they were last
summer, despite strong earnings and ongoing investor enthusiasm for
all things related to artificial intelligence, so any unexpected
disappointment could cause some share price turbulence.”
The pullback by stocks also comes after President Donald Trump
reiterated he is “not stopping” previously delayed tariffs on
Canada and Mexico, saying they would go into effect with “no
exceptions.”
“We’ve been taken advantage of as a country for a long period of
time,” Trump said. “We’ve been tariffed, but we didn’t tariff.”
In U.S. economic news, the Commerce Department released a report
showing a substantial pullback by new home sales in the U.S. in the
month of January.
The Commerce Department said new home sales plunged by 10.5
percent to an annual rate of 657,000 in January after spiking by
8.1 percent to an upwardly revised rate of 734,000 in December.
Economists had expected new home sales to slump by 2.6 percent
to an annual rate of 680,000 from the 698,000 originally reported
for the previous month.
Sector News
Networking stocks continue to see substantial strength on the
day, with the NYSE Arca Networking Index surging by 2.8 percent
after ending the previous session at its lowest closing level in
over a month.
Considerable strength also remains visible among computer
hardware stocks, as reflected by the 2.3 percent jump by the NYSE
Arca Computer Hardware Index.
Gold, semiconductor and brokerage stocks are also turning in
strong performances, while housing and oil stocks have moved to the
downside over the course of the session.
Other Markets
In overseas trading, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific
region turned in a mixed performance on Wednesday. Japan’s Nikkei
225 Index fell by 0.3 percent, while China’s Shanghai Composite
Index jumped by 1.0 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index spiked
by 3.3 percent.
Meanwhile, the major European markets all moved to the upside on
the day. While the German DAX Index shot up by 1.6 percent, the
French CAC 40 Index surged by 1.2 percent and the U.K.’s FTSE 100
Index climbed by 0.7 percent.
In the bond market, treasuries have moved higher over the course
of the session, adding to recent gains. Subsequently, the yield on
the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, is
down by 3.4 basis points at 4.264 percent.
SOURCE: RTTNEWS
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