May 2026 Home Sales Fall Below Year-Ago Levels With Mortgage Rates Anchored Near 7 Percent

S&P Dow Jones Indices considered whether to loosen index requirements but opted to keep its policies unchanged.

Eine schnelle Aufnahme von SpaceX in den Leitindex S&P 500 wird von S&P Global ausgeschlossen. Voraussetzung bleiben unter anderem eine längere Börsenhistorie und Profitabilität.

The S&P 500 is on track to finish the week slightly higher, which would mark its 10th straight week of gains and its longest weekly win streak since 1985.

S&P Dow Jones Indices will keep its existing eligibility requirements for the S&P 500, rejecting proposals that would have made it faster for mega-cap companies such as SpaceX to gain rapid entry into the benchmark after going public.

Even upbeat Oracle earnings next week might not be enough to rally the market.

Trump: The US is in the middle of final negotiations to end the Iran war Putin: We are ready to make a deal with Ukraine peacefully Ukraine Zelensky to Putin: Enough of war. Ukraine proposes to end the war Fed's Schmid: Biggest risk facing the US economy is now inflation Treas Sec Bessent: "I wish job market had come out today". BOE Bailey: Markets have been orderly but stressed at times. Fed's Daly: Policy is in a good place and we are prepared to respond either way US Initial jobless claims 225K vs 213K estimate. Continuing Claims 1.777M vs 1.780M est. Hezbollah Lebanon leader: We only care about a complete ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal Markets: S&P 500 up 0.4% WTI crude oil down $2.91 to $93.11 Gold up $46 to $4478 US 10-year yields down 1.4 bps to 4.48% Bitcoin down $1500 to $63,400 CHF leads, USD lags Late in the day, we're getting more comments from Trump on the situation in Lebanon, as he says "I think progress has been made" and that "I think things will happen over there." The day started with positive comments from him on the deal and that started a big turnaround, that was also helped by a drop in oil prices. Overall, it was another record close for the S&P 500 but the Nasdaq dipped slightly on a big drop in Broadcom shares. However that the index only declined slightly despite a crushing drop in one of the world's largest companies and a big AI beneficiary is inspiring for the bulls. In FX, the dollar was relatively quiet but weaker in line with the more-peaceful talk from Trump. Bonds also pointed in that direction. Overall, economic news was light today and the path of least-resistance was higher in risk assets. The strength in the stock markets was impressive as it's been for the past two months. This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.

Walmart shares have lagged peers and the S&P 500 this year, with some analysts noting that business is still dominated by low-margin grocery sales.