Wendy's Weekly STOCK MARKET Report "A late-week rally helped push stocks higher," by Wendy Nelson,
Market Week: April 21, 2025
The Markets (as of market close April 17, 2025)
Stocks ended an abbreviated week of trading with mixed results as the U.S. markets closed a day early in observance of Good Friday. Throughout the week, investors weighed trade talks, interest rate uncertainty, and concerns of a global economic retreat. Big tech shares began the week on a positive note as investors hoped a temporary tariff exemption for electronics imports would remain in force. However, the optimism from earlier in the week proved short-lived as tech shares declined, pulled lower by some of the megacaps. By the close of trading, only the Russell 2000 and the Global Dow posted gains among the benchmark indexes listed here. Ten-year Treasury yields slipped lower as three straight days of declines more than offset last Thursday's gains. Crude oil prices rose nearly 5.0% as sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports stoked fears of increasing global supply constraints.
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