Market Close: Losing Week For Stocks, Busiest Earnings Week Ahead • 7/24/26
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I'm Jessica Ettinger, CNBC. Wall Street
opens Monday morning after a mixed
Friday for the major averages. Stocks,
bond yields, and oil prices all
zigzagging pretty much all week on Iran
war-related headlines. Late Friday,
President Trump threatened more and
bigger tariffs on the European Union. On
Friday, the Dow was in the green up 235
points. Salesforce shares led it higher.
They were up 4%. IBM up 3 and 1/2%. The
S&P 500 index was up 3 points. The
Nasdaq was in the red down 161
points on Friday. Companies whose shares
hit fresh all-time highs Friday include
Travelers and Allstate, JPMorgan and
Bank of America, plus defense names like
Raytheon, RTX, Howmet Aerospace, and
General Dynamics. Major averages all in
the red for the week and all down for at
least 2 weeks in a row now.
And of the Magnificent Seven stocks, big
tech names, only Nvidia notched a
winning week.
>> Wednesday was the biggest drop of Mag
Seven versus the S&P in 4 years. Uh,
some analysts are saying, "Should we
even call it the Mag Magnificent Seven
anymore?"
>> Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel on CNBC.
Paramount agreeing to delay its purchase
of Warner Bros. Discovery until a court
rules on its legality, which could save
Paramount from substantial fees if the
deal doesn't close by the end of
September. Investors are setting up for
what will be the busiest week of earning
season this quarter in the coming week.
Here's Hightower's Stephanie Link on
CNBC.
>> Meta and Amazon are are the big ones,
and Microsoft, of course, too. And uh I
think the biggest question mark uh out
there is how much are they going to
increase CapEx, cuz they are.
>> The US war with Iran enters month six in
the coming week. Here's Baird's Ross
Mayfield on CNBC.
>> An escalation and a protracted conflict
that lasts into 2027 would be a huge
risk-off event. It's hard to argue that
that wouldn't have a severe impact on a
consumer who's already squeezed. The
consumer is still 60-70% of the US
economy and even with the AI trade
front and center, it's really hard to
keep things going if the consumer is not
engaged and you know, we know what
higher gas prices and higher inflation
do to consumer budgets, especially on
the lower income into the spectrum.
>> Would-be homebuyers out looking at
houses over the weekend facing the
highest mortgage rates in a year.
Mortgage News Daily had the average rate
on a 30-year home loan inching towards
7% at 6.81%
on Friday.
Zelman Associates Ivy Zelman on CNBC on
mortgage rates.
>> It seems as if we have oil a little
problem with inflation, so it feels like
we're going to be at these levels or
possibly higher unless we
somehow exit the conflict in the Middle
East. So, I'm not that
optimistic, frankly.
>> And home builders sold more homes than
expected last month before mortgage
rates popped with the escalation of the
war with Iran.
>> We're worried that we're going to see
softening with rates moving higher, but
builders have seen some benefit from
lower costs and that's been helping them
stabilize margins, but unfortunately
lumber's now back to a you know, the
highest it's been in a year. So, there
are a lot of moving pieces and I'd say
it's choppy.
>> On the coming week's watch list, as we
mentioned, it's the busiest week of
earning season. We're going to hear from
four Magnificent Seven tech names:
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook
parent Meta, plus Coca-Cola and Ford,
just to name a few. The Fed meets on
interest rates. We also get the latest
on economic growth and consumer
sentiment. You get all the details on
these stories, plus more in business at
cnbc.com.
I'm Jessica Eding er CNBC.
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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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