The Dow Jones index rises 446 points or 1.10% to 41,199 points. At the head of the advances is Nvidia, which is recorded 2.8%, by the 2.6% that Nike rises. It does not add to the Apple party, which falls 4.8% after its results last night. Amazon is left 0.46%. The S&P 500 advances 1.05%, at 5,662 points, while NASDAQ advances 0.90% to 17,870 points.
Wall Street comes from an upward day yesterday to start the month of May, with the technological sector taking advantage of the results of Meta Platforms and Microsoft, which helped reactivate the artificial intelligence sector. The Dow Jones rose 0.2%, while the S&P 500 advanced 0.6%. Both indices registered eight consecutive earnings. However, the greatest increases were for the Nasdaq Composite, which rose 1.5% and recovered the losses suffered since April 2, the day of the announcement of ‘reciprocal’ tariffs of President Donald Trump.
The three major indices are on their way to their second consecutive week of profits. Until Thursday, the S&P 500 rose 1.4% this week, while Dow Jones advanced 1.6%. The Nasdaq has risen 1.9% so far this week.
Today, investors celebrate the signs of de -escalated in the commercial war between the US and China, after the Chinese government has announced that it is willing to dialogue with the Trump administration.
Investors were also attentive to April Employment Reportwhich seems to remove some fears on the state of the US economy. According to data published by the Labor Department, The American economy generated 177,000 new jobs in April, well above the 133,000 that economists had anticipated surveyed by Dow Jones, although a fall with respect to the 185,000 of the March revised data (228,000 in the initial reading). They also expect the unemployment rate to remain stable at 4.2%.
The payroll report is the last of an avalanche of economic data this week, with a reading of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that showed that the economy contracted 0.3% at anuized rhythm in the first quarter. The private payroll data of ADP were also weak, and the latest weekly applications of unemployment subsidy were shot at 241,000, much more than expected.
In fixed income, the profitability of the US bonus at ten years responds to the employment data located at 4,286%.
Meanwhile, the quarterly results season continues. So far almost two thirds of the members of the S&P 500 have announced their results, and 76% have registered profits that have exceeded estimates, according to FACTSET data.
Among the latest quarterly reports on the table are those of Apple and Amazon, presented last night after the closure of the regular session.
Apple shares fall more than 4.5% in the opening of the market. The iPhone manufacturer beat market expectations, with earnings of $ 1.65 per action on revenues of 95.4 billion. The analysts had waited $ 1.63 of earnings and 94,660 million income. However, The services division, very guarded by experts, had a lower performance than expectedwith revenues of 26,650 million dollars, below the 26.7 billion expected dollars.
Apple Prevent that Tariffs will add 900 million dollars to their current quarter costsassuming that new tariffs or other important changes are not produced, said the CEO, Tim Cook. However, he acknowledged that it is «very difficult» to predict beyond June «because I am not sure what will happen to the tariffs.»
As for Amazon, the electronic commerce giant falls approximately half a percentage point after Its operational income forecast for the second quarter has not reached the estimates of analysts. Amazon provides that your operational income is between 13,000 and 17,500 million dollars, compared to a consensus of 17,640 million dollars.
In the first quarter of the year, Amazon did beat the expectations of the market, with gains of $ 1.59 per share that are compared to the expected $ 1.36, and an income of 155,670 million, also above the 155,040 million expected by the analysts.
On the other hand, Airbnb expects some Income for the second quarter between 2,990 and 3,050 million dollarsor 3,020 million dollars at the midpoint of the range. Analysts had predicted $ 3,040 million in revenue. The shares fall 4%.
Better news in Reddit, which shoots 6.5% in the stock market. The Social Network Company provides Sales for the second quarter of between 410 and 430 million dollars, exceeding the estimates of analysts of 396 million dollars. The results of the first quarter also exceeded the expectations of Wall Street, since Reddit recorded 13 cents per share on income of 392 million dollars. The analysts had waited for 2 cents per share and 370 million dollars in revenue.
The earnings of the first quarter of the oil giant Exxon Mobil have fallen to its lowest level since 2022affected by the fall in crude oil prices and the increase in costs. The company obtained 7,710 million dollars of benefits, or $ 1.76 per share, compared to 8,200 million of the same period last year. Of course, it exceeds 1.74 dollars expected by the market. The income reached 83,130 million dollars, less than 84,150 million dollars that analysts had predicted.
The Chevron oil company has presented an adjusted benefit that fell to 2.18 dollars per share of revenues of 47,610 million dollars.
In other news of the day, Take-Two Interactive Software actions collapse 9.4% after the video game company has announced that The launch of the new Grand Theft Auto will be delayed until 2026. The launch of the game was scheduled for autumn of 2025, but is now scheduled for May 26, 2026. This places the launch in fiscal year 2027 of Take-Two.
In raw material markets, oil prices are awarded a second consecutive week of losseswhile the operators weigh the signals of distension in the commercial war between the US and China, but also the threats of President Donald Trump to Iran, in the face of the perspective of a greater supply of the OPEC+. West Texas futures fall 0.57%, by $ 58.90, while international reference brent is paid at $ 61.81, with a 0.52%decrease.
The euro rises 0.59% against the dollar until leaving the exchange rate at $ 1,1355 for each community currency.