The Dow Jones drops 0.19% to 42.68.40 points. At the head of the advances is Nvidia, with an increase of 1.67%, by 1.39% that Merck is noted. In negative McDonald’s field, it drops 1.73% and Salesforce, 1.02%. The S&P 500 yields 0.02%, in 5,999.18 points, while the NASDAQ advances 0.11% to 19,549 points.
Wall Street comes from a very positive week, largely thanks to the good reception of the employment report published last Friday. The Nasdaq Composite rose more than 2.3%, while the S&P 500 rose around 1.6%and Dow Jones exceeded 1%.
Thanks to these increases, The S&P 500 closed on Friday of last week above the level of 6,000 points for the first time since February 21and now it is less than 3% of its historical closing maximum, set since February 19 at 6,144.15 points.
The macroeconomic agenda on Monday is quite light, so the attention of investors is already put in the inflation data that will be published in the coming days. On Wednesday the May Consumer Price (CPI) index will be published, with economists waiting for a rate of 2.5%, compared to 2.3% in April. Friday will be the turn of the producer price index (IPP). Operators will be attentive to indications about how current tariff rates are being distributed in the economy and how they can impact future monetary policy decisions of the Federal Reserve
In addition, on Friday a new reading of the feeling of the consumer of the University of Michigan will be published, which includes data on inflation expectations.
Meanwhile, the market is pending Commercial conversations between the US and China, which start in London on Monday. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced on Friday that the secretary of the Treasury, Scott Besent, and two other Trump administration officials will meet with their Chinese counterparts in the British capital, while the efforts to negotiate a commercial agreement continue.
«While we consider that both countries are interested in reaching a commercial agreement, we also think that it will take to formalize, since the current positions of both nations are quite maximalist,» says Juan J. Fernández-Figares, of Link Management. In addition, «each of them has a certain ‘ammunition’ that they will try to assert,» believes the expert. «Thus, the US knows that China needs to place in its market a very relevant part of its production and that it also needs to have access to its most leading technology. For its part, China wants to take advantage of its leadership position in the processing of ‘rare earth’, products that are very necessary for many activity sectors, including the technological and the car.»
In the business field, Apple is one of the great protagonists of the week due to the celebration of its World Developer Conference 2025 (WWDC)which starts this Monday. The actions of the technological giant have had a very weak behavior this year, with falls of more than 18%, while compared to its December maximum last year, the punishment is 21.5%.
A problem for Apple is that It does not seem to benefit from the rise of AI in the same way as its competitorsso investors will seek information about AI functions for Apple products and how the company is managing the changing tariff panorama. The CEO, Tim Cook, will offer an inaugural speech on Monday at 1:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular).
Opposite situation for Microsoft, which reached on Friday a new historical maximum that allowed it to recover also the throne of the company with the greatest stock market capitalization in the world, although the struggle with Nvidia is still very closed.
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced first thing in the morning that plans to divide into two companies quoted in the middle of next year. The company will be divided into ‘Streaming and Studios’which will include its film properties and the HBO Max streaming service; and ‘Global Networks’which will include CNN, TNT Sports and Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery shares shoot 9%.
Robinhood’s shares fall 3.4% in the New York morning after last Friday S&P DOW JONES INSIDS I did not make changes in the components of the reference index S&P 500within the framework of its quarterly readjustment. The company had reached its highest level since its stock debut in 2021 last Friday, with the discounting a possible inclusion in the index.
In the recommendations of the analysts, Morgan Stanley has cut the McDonald’s Council until ‘equal weight’from the previous one of ‘Overcoming’. The firm emphasizes that the chain has failed to be left out of pressures on the fast food sector.
Also bad news for Tesla, who sees how Baird reduces the advice of ‘Buy’ A ‘neutral‘. The firm believes that the comments of CEO Elon Musk about Robotaxi’s plans are «a bit too optimistic», while Musk’s relationship with President Donald Trump adds «considerable uncertainty» to the price.
In raw material markets, oil prices rise on Monday morning to the heat of conversations between the US and China, which feed the hopes of greater demand for the two major world powers if conversations come to fruition. American West Texas futures rise 0.22% to $ 64.72 per barrel, while international reference Brent advances 0.21% to $ 66.61. Last week, it rose more than 4%.
The dollar stabilizes against its international peers, with the euro, recroiding 0.02% against the green ticket until they leave the exchange rate in $ 1,1397 for each single currency.
In the fixed income, the profitability of the American bonus at ten years drops to 4,511%, while the 30 -year bonus pays 4,991% in the secondary market.