The US markets gave up most of their initial gains and ended mostly in red on Friday. initial strength on Wall Street was reflected ongoing optimism about the Federal Reserve being close to ending its monetary policy tightening following recent encouraging inflation data. Some optimism also crept in reacting to upbeat earnings news from financial giants JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC) and Citigroup (C). However, shares of JPMorgan and Wells Fargo subsequently pulled back near the unchanged line, and shares Citigroup came under pressure as the company's second quarter earnings beat street estimates but decreased year-over-year.
On the economic data front, a report released by the Labor Department showed a modest decrease in import prices in the month of June. The Labor Department said import prices dipped by 0.2 percent in June after falling by a revised 0.4 percent in May. Street had expected import prices to edge down by 0.1 percent compared to the 0.6 percent decrease originally reported for the previous month. Meanwhile, the report said export prices slumped by 0.9 percent in June after tumbling by 1.9 percent in May. Export prices were expected to slip by 0.2 percent.
A separate report released by the University of Michigan showed consumer sentiment has improved by much more than anticipated in the month of July The report showed the consumer sentiment index soared to 72.6 in July from 64.4 in June. Street had expected the index to tick up to 65.5. With the much bigger than expected surge, the consumer sentiment index reached its highest level since hitting 72.8 in September 2021.
Nasdaq lost 24.87 points or 0.18 percent to 14,113.70 and S&P 500 was down by 4.62 points or 0.1 percent to 4,505.42, while Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 113.89 points or 0.33 percent to 34,509.03.
MoneyWorks4Me is a SEBI-registered Investment Adviser (IA) dedicated to helping investors build long-term wealth through transparent, research-driven, conflict-free guidance. Founded in 2008, we started our journey as a Research Analyst (RA), providing deep fundamental analysis, intrinsic value insights, and long-term investing frameworks for Indian equities. In 2017, we transitioned to a full-fledged SEBI-registered Investment Adviser, strengthening our commitment to acting as a fiduciary—always putting the investor’s interest first.
To become India’s most trusted, research-powered fiduciary advisory platform—where every investor, regardless of experience, can make calm, confident, and well-reasoned investment decisions.
MoneyWorks4Me ensures this through: