📉 Wall Street closed Thursday in the red after earlier touching fresh all-time intraday highs. The S&P 500 lost 0.41% to 7,108, the Nasdaq dropped 0.89% to 24,439, and the Dow shed 0.36% to 49,310 — dragged down by a tech pullback and rising oil. IBM and ServiceNow tumbled 8% and 18% respectively on earnings disappointments. Meanwhile, Texas Instruments surged 19% — its best single session since 2000 — and Boeing gained 3% on a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss. Semiconductors extended their remarkable run to 17 consecutive up days.
💡 After the bell, Intel soared ~19% on strong Q1 earnings and an upbeat forecast, lifting Nasdaq 100 futures +0.6% this morning. S&P 500 futures are near flat, while Dow futures point lower by ~0.4%.
🌏 Asian Markets (April 24): Cautious mood as US-Iran talks show little progress. Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained ~0.5% toward 59,435, led by tech stocks (Lasertec +3%, Ibiden +8.9%), as investors digested Japan’s core CPI accelerating to 1.8% in March — the first pickup in five months — ahead of next week’s Bank of Japan meeting. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng futures point below Thursday’s close of 25,915. Australia’s ASX 200 slipped 0.3%. The broader MSCI Asia Pacific Index opened marginally lower.
🛢️ Oil stays elevated — Brent above $106/bbl, WTI near $97 — as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed. Trump extended the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire by 3 weeks, injecting some relief, but US-Iran peace talks remain deadlocked.
🥇 Gold trades around $4,710–4,730/oz, consolidating under pressure from the fragile truce. Bitcoin holds near $78,300, stabilizing after weeks of geopolitics-driven volatility.
📅 Watch today: Final April Michigan Consumer Sentiment index, plus earnings from Procter & Gamble, Charter Communications, and SLB before the open.
⚠️ With 81% of S&P 500 reporters beating estimates so far, earnings remain solid — but geopolitical headlines can reverse sentiment in minutes. Stay alert.
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