Saturday, 16 August 2025

Weekend update - US equity indexes

It was a bullish week for US equity indexes, with net weekly gains ranging from +3.1% (R2K), +2.1% (Trans), +1.7% (Dow), +1.4% (NYSE comp'), +0.9% (SPX), to +0.8% (Nasdaq comp').

Lets take our regular look at six of the main US indexes

sp'500

Nasdaq comp'

Dow

R2K

NYSE comp'

Trans


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Summary

All six US equity indexes were net higher for the week.

The R2K lead the way up, whilst the Dow lagged.

The SPX, Nasdaq, and Dow, broke new historic highs. 

Looking ahead

Earnings:

M - $CRGO $BTDR $RSKD $PANW $BLNK $FN $API $BHP $FLXS $WALD $XP $NYXH

T - $HD $AS $VIK $MDT $XPEV $OPRA $PINC $TOL $ZTO $JHX $LZB $JKHY $CCIF $KEYS $SQM $AUNA $FLNT

W - $TGT $EL $ZIM $TJX $ADI $BIDU $DY $FUTU $GDS $BZ $NDSN $CAAP $BBAR $COTY $AAPG $TLX $UFI

T - $WMT $HOV $CSIQ $OSIS $BILI $AEG $SCSC $ZM $WDAY $INTU $ROST

F - $BJ $GFI

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Econ-data/events

M - Home builder conf'

T - Housing starts, building permits

W - EIA Pet', FOMC mins (2pm)

T - Weekly jobs, Phil' Fed' manu', PMI serv' & manu', existing home sales, leading indi

F - Powell - Jackson Hole, WY

> https://www.kansascityfed.org/research/jackson-hole-economic-symposium/

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