Stock 🌺finished higher on Friday to wrap up a week in a which major indexes recorded both their best and worst days since 2022 amid wild swings in technology stocks and concജerns about the health of the U.S. economy.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite both added 0.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average tacked on 0.1%. It was the second straight day of gains for the indexes but not enough to put them into the green for the week following steep losses in previous sessions. The S&♎amp;P 500 and Nasdaq are now riding four-week losing streaks, while the Dow has lost ground for two consecutive weeks.
Mega-cap tech stocks closed mostly higher Friday, with Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT) and Tesla (TSLA) gaining.
The only '澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Magnificent Seven' member to lose ground Friday was AI investor favorite Nvidia (NVDA), which slipped 0.2% as chip stocks fell broadly. Intel (INTC) dropped 3.8% and was the biggest Dow decliner, while the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) shed 0.6% after surging 7% t꧑he ꦆprevious session.
Eli Lilly (LLY) rose 5.5% and was among the big S&P 500 gainers for the second straight day after the pharmaceutical giant reported quarterly results that blew past analysts' expectations thanks to the strength of sales of its its weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbou♐nd.
The top advancer on the S&P 500 was Akamai Technologies (AKAM), which jumped 11% after the company reported better-than-expected results and raised ဣits profit guidance on higher demand for its security and ⛦cloud computing products.
The calendar for earnings reports and economic data was light on Friday, ahead of the releases next week of monthly inflation and retail sales numbers, as well as quarterly results from Walmart (WMT) and Home Depot (HD). Investor🐎s will be watching the numbers closely for indications on the state of the economy, amid expectations that the Federal Reserve will soon start cutting interest rates.
The yield on 10-year Treasurys slipped to 3.94% on Friday, after jumping to around 4% Thursday for the first time in a week. The yield had fallen below 3.7% on Monday, after the July jobs report last Friday showed a surprising increase in the unemployment rate, which boosted expectations among market participants that the Fed would have to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:cut its benchmark rate swiftly and deeply 🌸to address economic weakness.
Gold futures were up slightly at aಌround $2,470 per ounce on Friday, while bitcoin was around $60,500, after surging above $61,500 o🌜vernight for the first time in a week.
Biggest S&P 500 Movers on Friday
Advancers
- Akamai Technologies (AKAM) shares popped 10.9% higher, marking the best daily performance in the S&P 500 after the company posted ꦿ澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:better-than-expected sales and🐻 profits for the second quarter, boosted by strong demand for cloud computing and security products. Akamai also lifted its full-year earnings per share (EPS) guidance, pointing to a successful product launch and continued momentum in the first half of 2024.
- Online travel platform operator Expedia Group (EXPE) also 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史✱查询:exceeded top- and bottom-line expectat𝔉ions for the recently completed quarter, citing positive demand in international markets, and its shares jumped 10.2%. However, Expedia expressed concerns about macroeconomic challenges and softening travel demand, echoing recent comments from other online travel firms.
- Eli Lilly (LLY) shares were up 5.5% on Friday, adding to gains posted in the prior session following the pharma giant's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:strong set of earnings results. Lilly benefitted from booming sales of weight-loss and diabetes treatments Zepbound and Mounjaro, and the company said it's making progress on boosting supply to keep pace with growing demand.
Decliners
- Shares of Insulet (PODD) suffered the heaviest losses of any S&P 500 stock, dropping 8.8% after the maker of insulin management devices suggested new user growth 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:coul♍d be lower than previously eꦑxpected in the second half of 2024, despite topping second-quarter sales estimates. Revenue gains were boosted by a 26.3% year-over-year jump in sales of the company's Omnipod device.
- Intel (INTC) shares sank 3.8%, extending an August downdraft the stock has endured since the chipmaker reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss last week. Along with the results, Intel announced a $10 billion cost-saving plan that includes laying off 15% of its workforce, but 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:analysts questioned whether the initiatives will be sufficient to spur a recovery. On Friday, reports emerged that Intel postponed its "Innovation" event, originally scheduled for September.
- Deutsche Bank trimmed its price target for shares of Estee Lauder (EL), and the cosmetic company's shares fell 2.8%. The maker of makeup and other beauty products is navigating a tough competitive environment in the U.S. and a challenging economic outlook in China.
Akamai Jumps 11% After Strong Earnings
Shares of Akamai Technologies (AKAM) took off Friday, a day after the tech firm reported better-than-expected 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:second-quarter results and raised its prof♉it guidance on higher demand for its security and cloud computing products. 💯
Akamai posted adjusted EPS of $1.58, with adjusted EBITDA of $408.9 million. Revenue gained 5% year-over-year toꦺ $979.6 million. All three beat consensus estimates of analysts polled by Visible Alpha.
Security revenue rose 15% to $498.7 million, and compute revenue increased 23% to $151.5 million. Howeve🍌r, delivery revenue fell 13% to $329.4 million.
Akamai now sees full-year adjusted EPS of between $6.34 and $6.47, up from its previous outlook 💛of $6.20 to $6.40.
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Shares i🐼n the company jumped 11% Friday to close at a thr🦋ee-month high.
Eli Lilly's Post-Earnings Surge Continues
Eli Lilly (LLY) investors continued to ride the wave created by the pharmaceutical firm’s powerhouse 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:second-quarter earnings report.
Shares soared for a second straight session Friday after Lilly posted profit and sales that exceeded a💖nalysts' forecasts, and it raised its guidance,🌺 fueled by the excitement for its weight-loss products Mounjaro and Zepbound.
Mounjaro sales skyrocketed 215% from 2023 to $3.09 billion. Its sales were nearly three times larger than Lilly’s second-best-selling drug, breast cancer treatment Verzenio, which saw its sales jump 44%⛦ as it surpassed the previous No. 2, diabetes medicine Trulicity.
The company's other weight-loss drug, Zepbound, wasn't even available until November, yet its sales were Lilly's fourth best at $1.24 billion. Together, Mounjaro and Zepbound made up nearly 40% of Lilly's quarterly revenue.
Eli Lilly shares were up about 5.7% in recent trading and h📖ave gained nearly 16% since the ear🍃nings report was released.
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Bitcoin Moves Mimicking Stock Moves
Bitcoin (BTCUSD) briefly 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:rose above $61,000 early Friday, riding on the heels of Thursday's stock market rally, but the cryptocurr🥀ency gave up some of those gains to trade on either side of the $60,000 mark depending on where stoc🐻ks were in afternoon trading.
The latest moves come after the cryptocurrency 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:crashed below $50,000 for the first time🥃 since February on Monday amid one of the w🍃orst days for stocks in recent history.
Much like Monday's price drop came in the midst of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:global market turmoil more generally, the price recovery and eventual reversal Friday has mimicked what has taken place in traditionaꦯl equities markets.
Notably, bitcoin's correlated movements with traditional equities markets have shown that the cryptocurrency can still act as a risk-on asset at times, despite the hope that it can operate as a safe haven in times of economic uncertainty.
According to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pearson correlation data from The Block, bitcoin moved more in tandem with the S&am⭕p;P 500 than gold this week, despite the "digital gold" nickname that has been frequently applied to the asset.
That said, many bitcoin holders were not phased by this week's price action. "In crises, markets sell what they can, not what they want," Strike CEO Jack Mallers posted on X on Monday. "#Bitcoin is down because it was the only market open to sell on Sunday night, not because the only fixed supply money we have is now less valuable."
S&P 500, Nasdaq Trying to Avoid 4th Straight Weekly Loss
The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500, despite gains in early trading Friday, remain on pace to record their fourth consecutive week of losses. Over that time (as the chart below shows), the Nasdaq's losses have been steeper as technology stocks have suffered most during the recent selloff.
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Shares of Salad Seller Sweetgreen Skyrocket
Sweetgreen (SG) shares soared on Friday, a day after 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the salad restaurant chain ꦅslashed its loss, 🌠boosted sales, and raised its guidance as it expanded locations.
Sweetgreen posted a second-quarter net loss of $14.5 million, nearly half of what it was a year earlier, while adjusted EBITDA of $12.4 million was better♈ than expected. Revenue rose 21% year-over-year to $184.6 million, also more than estimates.
The company attributed the revenue jump primarily to the addition of 36 net new restaurant openings versus the same period in 2023, which contributed $18.2 million. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Same-store sales gained 9%, pulling in $13.9 million.
Sweetgreen shares were up 28% in recent trading, ne💫ar a 52-week high.
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Paramount Rises as Company Announces Big Staff Cuts
Paramount Global (PARA) wrote down the value of its cable-TV networks by nearly $6 billion, a day after Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) also took a massive charge, as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:streaming services like Netflix (NFLX) continue to disrupt traditional networks.
澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Paramount also announced plans to save at 🐼least $500 million in annualized costs, and will cut about 2,000 jobs, or 15% of its U.S. workforce, the owner ✱of CBS, MTV, and Nickelodeon said in its earnings call.
Paramount, whose controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone's National Amusements, struck a deal after months of talks to merge with Skydance Media 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:last month, also reported an 11% year-over-year decline 🐈in second-quarter sales to $6.81 billion.
The company said, however, that it is on track for Paramount+ to reach domestic profitability in 2025.
Shares of the company were up more than 4% in premarket trading.
Futures Point to Lower Open for Major Indexes
Fu🦩tures tied to thౠe Dow Jones Industrial Average are down 0.1%.
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S&P 500 futures are off 0.2%.
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Nasdaq 100 futures are down 0.4%.
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