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The S&P 500 jumped 1% on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, heading right into a three-day weekend on a excessive be aware as prospects rebounded for added interest-rate cuts in 2025.
Intel shares took off following reviews that the semiconductor big might be an acquisition goal.
Freight shipper J.B. Hunt posted lower-than-expected gross sales and earnings for the fourth quarter, and its shares dropped.
Main U.S. equities indexes pushed greater to finish the week, with merchants set for a time without work in remark of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on a Monday that can even see the swearing-in of Donald Trump for his second presidential time period.
The power amongst shares to shut out the week coincided with rejuvenated optimism that the Federal Reserve may proceed to decrease rates of interest in 2025, bolstered by indications of ebbing inflation. (Listed here are 4 causes inflation continues to be round.)
The S&P 500 superior 1% on Friday. Energy within the tech sector helped raise the Nasdaq 1.5%, whereas the Dow ended the day 0.8% greater.
Intel (INTC) shares surged 9.3%, notching the S&P 500’s finest efficiency, amid reviews that the semiconductor big might be a takeover goal. Friday’s push greater prolonged positive factors posted by Intel inventory earlier within the week after the chipmaker mentioned it might transition its enterprise fund right into a stand-alone entity, with the corporate remaining an investor. Intel’s interim CEO mentioned the transfer would assist the corporate increase effectivity and maximize the worth of its property.
SLB (SLB), the world’s largest oilfield companies firm, reported better-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter, elevated its dividend, and stepped up its share repurchases. Though SLB struck a cautious tone for 2025, indicating that year-over-year income development can be restricted as excessive oil provide ranges restrain oilfield actions, its shares jumped 6.1% within the wake of the sturdy earnings report.
Shares of Truist Monetary (TFC) gained 5.9% after the financial institution holding firm topped quarterly gross sales and revenue estimates. Internet curiosity earnings and non-interest earnings moved greater from their year-ago ranges, serving to drive the sturdy outcomes. A rise in common deposit balances additionally contributed to Truist’s efficiency, which got here regardless of a downturn in common mortgage balances.
Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Companies (JBHT) suffered the steepest drop of any S&P 500 inventory on Friday, tumbling 7.4% after the transport agency’s fourth-quarter gross sales and earnings fell wanting expectations. Slumping volumes weighed on efficiency, and the corporate reported income declines throughout all of its segments. J.B. Hunt’s CEO mentioned that the corporate stays centered on repairing its margins because it navigates freight-industry headwinds.
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