Market Week: June 30, 2025

The Markets (as of market close June 27, 2025)

Wall Street has come a long way from an April sell-off as investor optimism over trade agreements and a cooling of tensions in the Middle East helped lift stocks to record highs last week. The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ each hit new highs. Despite inflationary data coming in slightly above expectations, price pressures remained mostly muted (see below). Several market sectors enjoyed notable gains, led by information technology and financials. Energy and real estate moved lower last week. Crude oil prices, which had been surging, had their worst week since March 2023. Gold lost value for the second straight week as global tensions eased, leading to an increase in global trade that reduced the appeal of safe-haven investments. The dollar continued to tumble, hovering near its lowest level since early 2022. With inflation ticking higher in May, coupled with a decrease in consumer spending and a larger-than-expected contraction in first-quarter gross domestic product, the Federal Reserve may be inclined to resume its interest-rate cutting cycle sooner rather than later.

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