The market got close, but the S&P 500 did not hit all-time highs Friday, as investors in the U.S. eagerly looked forward to the long weekend and closed trading on Monday.
U.S. retail sales fell at the fastest rate in January as it has since last year, a seasonal post-Santa slump. Import and export priceindiceswere not much changed from expectations, but we will be watching both as Trump talks tariffs.
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$Crude Oil Futures(MAY5) (CLmain.US)$held around $70/barrel.Goldpulled back from nearly hitting all-time highs Thursday night.$Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$stayed near $97,000, a level it has floated around for about ten straight days.
$Dell Technologies (DELL.US)$shares rose more 3% after Bloomberg News reported that the company was close to a deal to sell servers with Nvidia chips to Elon Musk’s xAI, reported CNBC. With the stock's increase, it is trading more than 9% higher for the month.
$DraftKings (DKNG.US)$shares jumped 14% after posting increased guidance for 2025 revenue but incurred quarterly results that missed expectations.
$Arm Holdings (ARM.US)$shares also sank after the same filing showed Nvidia cut its stake by 44% to 1.1 million shares.
– Nvidia did buy a stake in$WeRide (WRD.US)$, which flew more than 80%.
$Intel (INTC.US)$fell back 2% after a four-day winning streak, up 26%. It all started whenVice President JD Vancesaid American chip manufacturing would be the best in the world, and investors hope that means Intel and its new CEO will try to take center stage like it's the '80s again.
$Alibaba (BABA.US)$stock rose on Friday, nearing a multiyear high, driven by optimism around artificial intelligence and the emergence of the Chinese startup DeepSeek. Chairman Joe Tsai also announced that Alibaba is working with Apple to bring AI features to iPhones in China.
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