מדד S&P 500

SPX: Back to the old path?

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Although a trading week on the US equity markets was a bit uncertain, still, Friday's US inflation figures brought back market optimism and pushed the S&P 500 to another all-time highest level during this year. Posted data showed that inflation was holding relatively firmly in September at the level of 3,0% on a yearly basis, which increased investors expectations that the Fed might cut interest rates by another 25 basis points on Wednesday, October 29th, when the FOMC meeting will be held. The S&P 500 reached the level of 6.805 on Friday, and closed the week at 6.791.

Tech companies were leading the surge in the index value, however, this time the financial sector benefited. Investors are expecting that the environment of decreased interest rates will support banks lending and increase their profits in the future period. Big names like JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citigroup were traded higher by 2%.

Apple was the company who was in the spotlight of investors, whose shares reached an all time highest level, helped by fresh optimism around demand for the iPhone 17 series, both on the US and China markets. Amazon had a bumpy start of the week, when Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major global outage, affecting thousands of apps, websites and services worldwide. Still, their share price managed to surge by 1,6% till the end of the week. Regardless of the relatively volatile week, Nvidia shares continue to be traded with a strong demand following upbeat signals for a demand for its Blackwell GPU platforms and other AI infrastructure. A rally in the Broader AI and semiconductor supply chain (e.g. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) helped propel sentiment around Nvidia.

The week ahead might also be a volatile one, considering that the FOMC meeting will be held on Wednesday. Markets are currently expecting that the Fed will cut interest rates by 25 bps. In this case, the market optimism will continue. However, it should be noted that the US equity markets continue to be sensitive to fundamentals. Risks hold around trade-tariffs and the US Government “shutdown”.

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