- The S&P 500 rises 0.29% in the middle of a volatile session on Friday.
- Around 6,500 million dollars in nominal options overcome on Friday.
- Accenture actions fall after the decrease in quarterly reserves.
- Kroger actions earn more than 7% as the gross margin reaches maximum of several years.
- Christopher Waller of the Fed says he could see features of fees at the July meeting.
The US stock market indices rose half a percentage point unanimously at Friday opening before quickly losing much of their profits and quoting mixedly. On Friday marks the second triple witch of the year, when around 6,500 million dollars in nominal options linked to the indices and other assets overcome, and these sessions usually allow higher volatility than usual.
Investors are excited by The Federal Reserve (Fed) and Governor Christopher Waller telling CNBC presenters that he could see the Central Bank cutting interest rates as soon as in July. Although even Waller said he was not sure that the other governors agreed with this, investors saw their statements as evidence that the two cuts planned in the points of points on Wednesday could arrive earlier than expected.
At the time of writing, the Dow Jones industrial average (DJIA) has won 0.26%, while Nasdaq’s progress sank to a loss of 0.1% and the S&P 500 remains mostly flat. A general restlessness weighs on the market while the Trump administration considers whether to join Israel in its war against Iran after emerge The news that the US army is considering launching a tactical nuclear bomb to destroy one of Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities.
S&P 500 news
The largest supermarket chain, Kroger (KR)reported fiscal results of the first quarter on Friday that did not reach the income forecasts of Wall Street, but exceeded the consensus of enforced action (EPS). The identical sales excluding fuel increased by 3.2% year -on -year, the fifth consecutive quarterly advance, and the gross margin rose to a maximum of several years of 23%. Kroger’s actions shot more than 7% after the news.
Meanwhile, the actions of ACCENTURE (ACN) More than 6% fell after their fiscal results of the third quarter showed a decrease in reserves in annual terms. The consultant has been dealing with a fall in federal government contracts while the Trump administration seeks to restrict some subcontracting works.
Home Depot (HD) It has a slight increase after The Wall Street Journal reported that you are interested in acquiring the construction materials distributor GMS (GMS). Qxo (Qxo) He offered $ 95.20 per share on Wednesday, or around 5,000 million dollars, to buy GMS.
Carmax’s actions (KMX) fired more than 5% after exceeding the consensus of Wall Street for its first fiscal quarter. Although the average prices fell 1.5%, the volume of used cars sold increased by 9%.
S&P 500 Graph
The S&P 500 has been moving laterally during the last two weeks, but still trades just below the resistance band from December to February. The index has not yet managed to break the band that extends from 6,090 to the maximum of February 19 in 6,147.
The fibonacci setback shows that the index is stabilized after reaching the 100% score of the rally after the minimum of April 7. Some analysts expect the index to reach new historical maximums this year, but many qualify this as the most hated rally they have seen, since most institutions want to expect any impact of tariff policies of the Trump administration.
The support is about 5,800, where the single mobile average (SMA) of 50 days and its 200 -day counterpart are merging.
S&P 500 DAILY GRAPH
Source: Fx Street

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