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Market Close: Losing Week For Stocks, Busiest Earnings Week Ahead • 7/24/26

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I'm Jessica Ettinger, CNBC. Wall Street

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opens Monday morning after a mixed

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Friday for the major averages. Stocks,

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bond yields, and oil prices all

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zigzagging pretty much all week on Iran

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war-related headlines. Late Friday,

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President Trump threatened more and

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bigger tariffs on the European Union. On

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Friday, the Dow was in the green up 235

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points. Salesforce shares led it higher.

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They were up 4%. IBM up 3 and 1/2%. The

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S&P 500 index was up 3 points. The

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Nasdaq was in the red down 161

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points on Friday. Companies whose shares

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hit fresh all-time highs Friday include

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Travelers and Allstate, JPMorgan and

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Bank of America, plus defense names like

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Raytheon, RTX, Howmet Aerospace, and

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General Dynamics. Major averages all in

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the red for the week and all down for at

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least 2 weeks in a row now.

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And of the Magnificent Seven stocks, big

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tech names, only Nvidia notched a

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winning week.

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>> Wednesday was the biggest drop of Mag

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Seven versus the S&P in 4 years. Uh,

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some analysts are saying, "Should we

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even call it the Mag Magnificent Seven

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anymore?"

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>> Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel on CNBC.

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Paramount agreeing to delay its purchase

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of Warner Bros. Discovery until a court

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rules on its legality, which could save

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Paramount from substantial fees if the

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deal doesn't close by the end of

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September. Investors are setting up for

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what will be the busiest week of earning

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season this quarter in the coming week.

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Here's Hightower's Stephanie Link on

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CNBC.

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>> Meta and Amazon are are the big ones,

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and Microsoft, of course, too. And uh I

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think the biggest question mark uh out

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there is how much are they going to

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increase CapEx, cuz they are.

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>> The US war with Iran enters month six in

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the coming week. Here's Baird's Ross

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Mayfield on CNBC.

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>> An escalation and a protracted conflict

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that lasts into 2027 would be a huge

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risk-off event. It's hard to argue that

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that wouldn't have a severe impact on a

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consumer who's already squeezed. The

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consumer is still 60-70% of the US

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economy and even with the AI trade

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front and center, it's really hard to

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keep things going if the consumer is not

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engaged and you know, we know what

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higher gas prices and higher inflation

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do to consumer budgets, especially on

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the lower income into the spectrum.

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>> Would-be homebuyers out looking at

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houses over the weekend facing the

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highest mortgage rates in a year.

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Mortgage News Daily had the average rate

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on a 30-year home loan inching towards

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7% at 6.81%

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on Friday.

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Zelman Associates Ivy Zelman on CNBC on

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mortgage rates.

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>> It seems as if we have oil a little

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problem with inflation, so it feels like

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we're going to be at these levels or

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possibly higher unless we

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somehow exit the conflict in the Middle

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East. So, I'm not that

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optimistic, frankly.

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>> And home builders sold more homes than

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expected last month before mortgage

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rates popped with the escalation of the

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war with Iran.

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>> We're worried that we're going to see

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softening with rates moving higher, but

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builders have seen some benefit from

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lower costs and that's been helping them

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stabilize margins, but unfortunately

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lumber's now back to a you know, the

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highest it's been in a year. So, there

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are a lot of moving pieces and I'd say

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it's choppy.

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>> On the coming week's watch list, as we

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mentioned, it's the busiest week of

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earning season. We're going to hear from

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four Magnificent Seven tech names:

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Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook

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parent Meta, plus Coca-Cola and Ford,

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just to name a few. The Fed meets on

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interest rates. We also get the latest

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on economic growth and consumer

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sentiment. You get all the details on

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these stories, plus more in business at

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cnbc.com.

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I'm Jessica Eding er CNBC.

Interactive Summary

The financial markets face uncertainty driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and concerns over inflation. While the Dow saw modest gains on Friday, major indices have struggled recently, with technology stocks—specifically the 'Magnificent Seven'—experiencing volatility. Looking ahead, investors are bracing for a busy week of corporate earnings reports from major tech companies, the Federal Reserve's interest rate meeting, and ongoing struggles in the housing market due to rising mortgage rates.

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