Traders work on the prosecution on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, United States, August 12, 2025.
Brendan McDermid | Reuters
The stock -up contracts were negotiated a little more Sunday evening after hopes for lower interest rate fueled a winning week at Wall Street.
Dow Jones Industrial Middle Tower increased by 0.09%. Future S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 Futres were up 0.11% and 0.18%, respectively.
Sunday evening’s action occurs after the three major averages won their second consecutive positive week. THE Dow climbed 1.7%, while the S&P 500 And the NASDAQ composite increased 0.9% and 0.8% respectively. It was also the fourth week of winning over the last five for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq.
Small capitalization shares outperformed last week, jumping more than 3% while investors are betting on the drop -down rate drops of the federal reserve.
Ross Mayfield, investment strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management, also underlined the Discretionary Consumption index S&P 500 equal weight reaching a summit of all time as a sign that economic fears focused on prices can be exaggerated.
“With the fairly optimistic market message … This raises the question of whether the conventional wisdom on a weakening of American consumers and a potential stagflation lacks the brand,” he wrote in a note on Friday.
The FED will continue to be to the point this week while the members of the central bank will go to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for the annual symposium on economic policy. Investors will monitor the event for clues to the future rate. According to CME, Fedwatch Bank Central Bank lowered prices by almost 85% that the central bank drops rates at its next political meeting in September, according to the Fedwatch tool in CME.
Beyond economic policy, merchants will monitor reports on the profits due during the week while the season ends. Large -scale retailers, including Home Depot,, Lowe’s,, Walmart And TargetAmong the large companies that should publish the results this week.
According to FactstSet, on more than 92% of S&P 500 companies which have already declared this quarter, almost 82% have exceeded the expectations of Wall Street.
