Saturday, 23 August 2025

Weekend update - US equity indexes

It was a bullish week for most US equity indexes, with net weekly changes ranging from +3.4% (R2K), +2.8% (Trans), +1.7% (NYSE comp'), +1.5% (Dow), +0.3% (SPX), to -0.6% (Nasdaq comp').

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

sp'500

Nasdaq comp'

Dow

R2K

NYSE comp'

Trans

Summary

Five US equity indexes were net higher for the week, with one net lower.

The R2K lead the way up, whilst the Nasdaq was moderately lower.

The Dow and NYSE comp' broke new historic highs.

Looking ahead

Earnings:

M - $PDD $NSSC $SSL $SMTC $HEI $MOLN

T - $BMO $BNS $BEKE $ATAT $ECX $EH $DQ $HDL $CDLR $OKTA $MDB $BOX $NCNO $PVH $ELMD $JOYY $GGAL $OOMA $TUYA

W - $KSS $ANF $SJM $WSM $RY $MCFT $PLAB $DCI $TIGR $HAFN $NVDA $SNOW $CRWD $HPQ $VEEV $NTNX $URBN $FIVE $PSTG $NTAP

T - $DG $BBY $TD $CM $BBWI $BURL $DKS $OLLI $LI $LUCK $MRVL $DELL $IREN $ULTA $S $AFRM $GAP $AMBA $ESTC $WOOF

F - $BABA $DOOO $FRO

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Econ-data/events

M - New home sales

T - Durable goods orders, Case-Shiller HPI, consumer conf'

W - EIA Pet'

T - Weekly jobs, Q2 GDP (print'2), pending home sales

F - Pers' income/spending, PCE, Intl' trade, retail & wholesale invent', Chicago PMI, consumer sent'

Friday is end month, normally I'd expect dynamic price action on higher vol', but it is the lead into the Labor day holiday break, which will lean to considerable minor chop on light vol'.

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