The Friday session at Wall Street has ended once again in recent days with growth, and S&P 500 and Nasdaq have also set new historical records once again. Analysts indicate that the bull market on stock exchanges is ongoing and is supported by favorable fundamental factors.
Dow Jones Industrial at the closure increased by 0.47 percent. and amounted to 44,901.92 points
S&P 500 at the end of the day increased by 0.40 percent and amounted to 6,388.64 points
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Nasdaq Composite increased by 0.24 percent Until 21.108.32 points
The index of companies with medium capitalization Russell 2000 is growing by 0.41 percent. Up to 2,261.47 points
The VIX index drops by 2.86 percent, to 14.95 points
Dow Jones gained throughout the week
All three main indexes of American stock exchanges ended a week in the pluses. Dow Jones gained 1.3 percent, Nasdaq increased by 1 percent, and S&P 500 increased by 1.5 percent per week.
Friday was the thirteenth record closing of the S&P 500 index in 2025, of which five records were recorded this week, when the index first exceeded 6,300 points. Meanwhile, Nasdaq recorded four record closures this week, exceeding the 21,000 points threshold on Wednesday.
The S & P500 index increased from the local hole of April 8 by 28 percent.
“The bull market continues, supported to a large extent by favorable fundamental factors,” said Terry Sandven, the main strategist for shares at the US Bank Wealth Management, in an interview with CNBC.
“Inflation is stable, interest rates persist in a certain range, and profits are rising, which creates favorable conditions for further increase in stock prices. We still expect that this season financial results will last a tendency to risk” – he added.
Sales forecasts to the third sq. Until the end of Thursday, Intel's shares were, counting from the beginning of the year, at 13 % Plus.
At Wall Street next week there is a accumulation of companies' reports for the second quarter. The results will be presented by companies with a total capitalization of 38 percent. the entire S & P500 index, twice as much as this week.
Among them are companies from “Wonderful Seven”, such as Meta Platforms and Apple.
So far from 169 companies that have reported, 82 percent It has pierced the consensus and this is the best result from the second quarter of 2021.
Among the index companies that gave the results for the second quarter, the increase in profits was on average 4.5 percent. yard, while the consensus before the season was 2.8 percent.
Markets' attention is transferred to the FED meeting next week, at which the stabilization of the rates in the range of 4.25-4.50 percent is expected. The meeting will be interpreted in the context of constant pressure from the US President Donald Trump as the president of Fed Jerome Powell to reduce the cost of money.
The market fully values another rate reduction in the US by 25 PB. Only for October, and another in January 2026.
On Thursday, for the first time in almost two decades, the US president made an official visit to the central bank. Trump and Powell publicly argued during it with the costs of renovating the Fed headquarters, which according to the US President are too high. Trump after the meeting stated that Powell's release from his position, which he publicly mentioned earlier, would not be necessary.
The market follows negotiations on a trade agreement between the European Union and the United States – the next Friday of August 1 is the deadline for the USA to introduce 30 %. customs duties on the EU if there is no agreement between the parties.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday afternoon that the chances of “Deal” are 50 percent. At the same time, he added that the personalities of reaching agreement are “quite good”. In April, the US imposed 25 % duties on the European car industry and 50 % on EU steel and aluminum.
According to unofficial information of diplomats, the EU and the USA are getting closer to the conclusion of the contract. It would introduce a uniform 15 % rate. for importing goods from the EU to the USA, modeled on an agreement between Washington and Tokyo.
On Thursday, the American trade minister Howard Lutnick assured that the EU really wants to conclude an agreement and stated that the US is pressing, among others for better treatment of American technological giants and the abandonment of digital taxes that have introduced some Member States.
In turn, the European Commission announced on Thursday that the achievement of a commercial agreement with the USA is within reach.
Orders for permanent goods in the US in June fell by 9.3 percent. percent MDM in relation to the consensus of a decline by 10.7 percent and increase by 16.4 percent A month earlier – the Department of Trade in the Second calculation informed.
Orders for permanent goods, excluding means of transport in a monthly basis, recorded an increase of 0.2 percent. compared to 0.5 percent a month earlier. Here, the market estimated by 0.1 percent MDM.
Nearly 9 percent They lost the values of Intel on Friday. The manufacturer announced a 15 % exemption crews and resignation from the construction of several factories in the world, including Poland, and a more conservative approach to the new philosophy of a company based on subcontracting.
The shares of the Tesla electric car manufacturer increased by over 4 percent. After Business Insider announced that the Robotaxi Tesla service would debut in San Francisco this weekend. Counting from the beginning of the week, Tesla's shares fell by almost 3 percent.
The actions of the Charter Communications cable operator fell by almost 17 percent, noting their worst day in history, after disappointing results. Charter Communications lost in the second quarter 117,000 broadband Internet subscribers and 80,000 video subscribers. This information also negatively affected the shares of other cable operators. Comcast lost almost 5 percent, Altice about 9 percent, and Echostar about 2 percent
CBS television owner shares increased by more than 1 percent. After the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved the fusion of Paramount and SkyDance Media worth USD 8 billion.
On the oil market, contracts for WTI in August reduce by 1.51 percent. up to USD 65.03 per barrel, and September Futures on Brent Futures fall by 1.23 percent. up to 68.33 USD/B. (PAP)
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