Stocks Stabilize as Oil Prices Fall Back, But Caution Prevails

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U.S. stock indexes stabilized on Friday after a sharp sell-off, with the S&P 500 up 0.11% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.08%, while the Nasdaq 100 slipped 0.15%. Support came as oil prices fell back, with September WTI crude down more than 2% after Thursday's 6.17% surge, and Brent crude retreating to the $97-per-barrel area from a two-month high of $102. Bearish sentiment lingered after President Trump announced new forced-labor tariffs ranging from 10% to 12.5% on 60 nations, replacing an expired 10% global import tax, and as he said he is considering a massive military attack on Iran. The outlook for strong second-quarter earnings provided a bullish counterweight, with Bloomberg Intelligence forecasting a 23% increase in S&P 500 earnings, driven largely by AI infrastructure spending. In overseas markets, the Euro Stoxx 50 rose 0.77%, while China's Shanghai Composite fell 1.61% and Japan's Nikkei-225 dropped 2.73%.

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Artificial Intelligence▲ · 5 stocks
Cloud & Digital Infrastructure▲ · 3 stocks
Communication Services▲ · 2 stocks
Aging Population▲ · 2 stocks
Semiconductors▲ · 2 stocks
Energy Transition & Power Demand▲ · 2 stocks
Digital Finance & Tokenization▲ · 1 stocks
Financials▲ · 1 stocks
Spatial Computing / AR/VR▲ · 1 stocks
Critical Materials & Supply Chain▲ · 1 stocks
Electrification & Mobility▲ · 1 stocks
Others▲ · 2 stocks
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