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Business News›Markets›US Stocks›News›Dow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: S&P 500 ends lower as investors weigh economic data, Middle East jitters 
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Dow Jones Today | US Stock Market Live: The S&P 500 closed lower on Friday, dipping from a record high and weighed down by Applied Materials, while investors digested weaker-than-expected retail sales data
Dow Jones Today | Nasdaq | S&P 500 Live Updates: The S&P 500 lost 13.41 points, or 0.17%, to end at 7,785.58 points, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 73.86 points, or 0.28%, to 26,729.16. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 108.53 points, or 0.20%, to 53,732.53.
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Tiger Global Management trimmed several of its Big Tech stakes, exited Netflix, and took positions in Advanced Micro Devices and SpaceX during the second quarter, according to regulatory disclosures filed Friday.
Crude oil futures climbed over $1 a berrel on Friday on tanker attacks and a lack of progress on a peace agreement between the Trump administration and Iran's leadership. Brent futures settled at $88.52 a barrel, up $1.45, or 1.67%. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures finished at $82.40, up $1.15, or 1.42%.
Brent and WTI were on track for weekly gains of 6.0% and 5.4%, respectively.
U.S. natural gas futures edged up on forecasts for more demand next week than previously expected with the weather expected to remain hotter-than-normal through the end of August. Front-month gas futures for September delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 0.6 cent, or 0.2%, to settle at $2.733 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), after rising as high as $2.783 per mmBtu earlier in the session. That put the contract on track to gain about 3% this week after falling around 18% over the prior seven weeks.
The S&P 500 was down 0.21% at 7,782.71 points after notching a record high close on Thursday.
The dollar fell on Friday after data showed U.S. retail sales unexpectedly declined in July, helping send the euro and sterling to multi-month highs, as traders weighed Federal Reserve policy. The euro rose 0.32% to $1.1564 and got to $1.1585, the highest since June 17.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Blackstone Inc. and Apollo Global Management Inc. had been working tirelessly for months to draw up debt deals that would help developers of artificial intelligence systems pay for chips from Nvidia Corp. (Read more)
A $900 million bet Google parent Alphabet took on Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX in 2015 was worth roughly $94 billion at the end of June, a 100-fold jump, according to a Reuters report. (Read more)
A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has reached a definitive agreement to buy a minority stake in Liverpool, the Premier League club's owners Fenway Sports Group said on Friday.
A source familiar with the matter told Reuters the stake is about one-third. British media reports said the deal was worth more than £1.5 billion, which values the club at over £5 billion ($7 billion).
U.S. energy firms this week added rigs for the second time in three weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday. The total oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose by five to 593 in the week to August 14, its highest since March 2025.
Gold advanced on Friday and was headed for a weekly gain, buoyed by a weaker dollar after in-line U.S. inflation readings this week tipped the scales in favor of an interest rate hold by the Federal Reserve next month.
Spot gold gained 1% to $4,391.49 per ounce by 12:00 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT). Prices declined 1.3% in the previous session on profit-taking after touching their highest level since June 5. Bullion is up around 1.2% for the week so far.
U.S. gold futures rose 0.7% to $4,449.00.
U.S. gold futures rose 0.7% to $4,449.00.
Crude oil prices climbed on Friday over renewed attacks on tankers and a war of words between the Trump administration and Iran's leadership. Brent futures were up 80 cents, or 0.92%, to $87.87 a barrel at 10:48 a.m. CT (1548 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 43 cents, or 0.53%, to $81.69 a barrel.
Brent and WTI were on track for weekly gains of 5.09% and 4.37%, respectively.
After splurging on the World Cup and Amazon Prime Day sales, Americans unexpectedly cut their spending in July by the biggest amount in more than a year.
Retail sales fell 0.6% last month, marking the biggest decrease since May 2025, compared with a revised gain of 0.2% in June, according to the Commerce Department data released Friday. Economists were projecting a small increase.
The decline followed a notable bump in spending in both April and May as Americans dipped into their generous government tax refunds.
Alphabet's early bet on SpaceX has multiplied more than 100-fold, with the Google parent disclosing a stake worth about $94 billion at the end of June compared with the $900 million investment it said it made in Elon Musk's rocket company in 2015.
Alphabet has emerged as by far the largest single institutional holder of SpaceX following its $86 billion initial public offering in June, according to a Reuters analysis of publicly available quarterly filings.
The dollar fell on Friday after data showed U.S. retail sales unexpectedly declined in July, as traders weighed Federal Reserve policy and the prospect of a Bank of Japan rate hike next month aimed at supporting the yen. The Japanese yen strengthened 0.32% against the greenback to 158.97 per dollar.
Reddit shares jumped more than 11% on Friday after the S&P Dow Jones Indices said the social media platform would join the benchmark S&P 500 index, replacing AvalonBay Communities. Analysts at J.P. Morgan estimate index funds tracking the S&P 500 would need to buy 16.7 million Reddit shares.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.8 points, or 0.01%, at the open to 53842.8. The S&P 500 rose 7.6 points, or 0.10%, at the open to 7806.6, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 48.1 points, or 0.18%, to 26851.148 at the opening bell.
US equity funds attracted inflows in the week through August 12, as a softer-than-expected payrolls report and benign inflation data tempered expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike, boosting appetite for risk assets.
Investors purchased a net $2.58 billion in US equity funds during the week, more than offsetting the previous week's net outflow of $1.36 billion, according to LSEG Lipper data.
U.S. natural gas futures edged up on forecasts for more demand next week than previously expected with the weather expected to remain hotter-than-normal through the end of August. Front-month gas futures for September delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 2.8 cents, or 1.0%, to $2.755 per million British thermal units (mmBtu).
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell in July after recent strong gains that were fueled by large tax refunds, but consumer spending is likely to remain supported by rising wealth from the stock market even as households are increasingly sensitive to higher prices. Retail sales dropped 0.6% last month after an unrevised 0.2% gain in June, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast retail sales, which are mostly goods and are not adjusted for inflation, edging up 0.1%. Estimates ranged from a 0.5% drop to a 0.7% increase.
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbeesaid late on Thursday the latest U.S. inflation data has been "a little better," and that he was hopeful inflation could continue to improve as the effects of tariffs and higher oil prices from the Iran war recede.
Expectations of a September rate hike eased after mild consumer inflation data reduced concerns about price pressures. However, stalled ceasefire talks and the prospect of an extended US naval blockade of Iran lifted Brent crude prices and kept investors cautious.
Applied Materials shares fell 5.4% despite the chip-equipment maker forecasting fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates. Reddit surged 12.4% after the social media company was selected to join the S&P 500 on August 18.
Shares of some drone makers gained after President Donald Trump said late on Thursday that he would impose tariffs on imports of drones and their components. Red Cat jumped 7.1%, Unusual Machines added 13% and AeroVironment gained 3%.
US stock futures were muted on Friday as rising crude prices following the latest Middle East developments kept investors cautious, a day after the S&P 500 closed at a record high.
At 6:07 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis fell 64 points, or 0.12%, while S&P 500 E-minis gained 5.75 points, or 0.07%. Nasdaq 100 E-minis rose 54.25 points, or 0.18%.
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