Stock Exchange today: Wall Street is backing compared to its record

New York (AP) – American actions fell into their highest historical upper when they closed a second winning consecutive week. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% on Friday, one day after having set a record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 0.3 % and the Nasdaq composite by 0.5 %. The concerns about the profitability of Texas Instruments have harmed the actions of the semiconductor industry. But the exchanges have been generally calm throughout the day, helped by the stability of the bond market, which has been at the origin of a large part of the action in Wall Street in recent times. Treasury yields have slightly relaxed as a result of worse than expected economic reports.

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New York (AP) – American actions are slightly back from their absolute record Friday when they close a second consecutive week winning.

The S&P 500 fell 0.4% at the end of the session, one day after having set a record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 165 points, or 0.4 %, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.6 % while there was just under an hour of negotiation.

The exchanges remained relatively calm throughout the day, helped by the stability of the bond market, which has been the source of a large part of the action in Wall Street in recent times. When we worry about inflation and the growing debt of the American government has increased, Treasury yields have climbed and helped drop the stock prices. When concerns fade, as after the encouraging update last week on inflation, yields have diminished and helped the actions to increase.

One especially encouraging start of the results of the results For large American companies has also helped support the stock market. Even if the rise in treasury yields lowers equity prices, companies can compensate for this by making greater profits.

“If 2024 was the year of elections, 2025 is the year of profits,” according to Brian Jacobsen, chief economist at Annex Wealth Management. “The profits have fundamentally improved, but how long can it last and to what extent can they increase?

Texas Instruments dropped by 6.4% despite a profit announced for the last quarter higher than analysts’ expectations. Showing to what extent companies are under pressure to continue their growth, analysts have focused on discouraging signals concerning the benefit that the company has on each dollar in turnover. This helped lower stocks in the semiconductor industry.

CSX dropped 3.2% even if the railroad delivered a profit of the last quarter which corresponded to the expectations of analysts. His turnover for the last three months of 2024 has narrowly missed the analysts’ forecasts because he has faced the effects of hurricanes.

As for Wall Street’s winners, actions listed in the United States of Novo Nordisk jumped 8.2 %. The Danish company has published the results of a clinical trial relating to a treatment intended for overweight or obese people, which could generate greater benefits in the future.

Nexteurra Energy climbed 6.7% after the owner of the public service Florida Power & Light announced a profit for the last quarter slightly higher than expectations. CEO John Ketchum said his business has increased electricity demand and that “we will be disappointed if we are unable to provide equal financial results or close to the summit of our expectations in terms of profit adjusted by Action for each year until 20277, while maintaining our a balance sheet and solid credit ratings.

Verizon Communications increased by 1.2%. He published for the last quarter of the results higher than the expectations of analysts, in part benefiting from price increases imposed in the last quarters, and has unveiled a strategy to help companies to use artificial intelligence.

On the bond market, the yield of treasury bills at 10 years fell to 4.62% against 4.65% Thursday evening. The other yields also fell into a few reports on the American economy which proved to be worse than expected.

One of them said that the confidence of American consumer was lower than the economists planned and that it had dropped in January for the first time in six months. The decreases were generalized and repercussions on income, wealth and age groups, according to Joanne HSU, director of consumer surveys at the University of Michigan.

A separate preliminary report suggests that commercial activity in the United States is also lower than expected, with a slowdown in its growth. A third report, potentially more encouraging, indicates that previously occupied housing sales were slightly stronger than expected last month. It capped the the lowest year for these sales since 1995.

Traders do not expect these low data to push the federal reserve to reduce its main interest rate at its meeting next week. They are practically certain that it will remain stable, according to CME Group data.

If they are right, it would be the first Fed meeting since it started to lower the rate of federal funds in September to lighten the pressure on the American economy. Lower rates can increase investment prices, but they can also feed inflation more. And concerns are growing as to tenacious inflation, as well as the potential effects of customs tariffs and other policies defended by President Donald Trump.

In foreign stock markets, the indices were mixed in Europe and Asia.

Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell slightly 0.1% after the The Bank of Japan has noted its reference interest rate About 0.5% against 0.25%, as widely expected. This is the highest level of the rate since 2008, while the Banque du Japan has come out of an extremely low interest rate period supposed to stimulate more loans and expenses.

Actions jumped 1.9% in Hong Kong and 0.7% in Shanghai, following some of the largest movements in the world markets.

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Writers AP Matt Ott and Zimo Zhong contributed.