Indexes closed lower on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling almost 1%, led by a slide in mega-cap tech stocks like Apple and Nvidia.

The S&P 500 gained 1% on Friday, capping off the last trading day of Biden's presidency and marking the best week since the election.

Christopher Waller. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.1%. The Dow was down 82 points, or 0.2%, but that was because of UnitedHealth Group’s 4.7% slide, which shaved 155 points off the blue-chip index.

US stock futures rose Thursday, lifted by a fresh slew of earnings releases and a revival of Federal Reserve policy-easing bets.Most Read from BloombergThese Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain WhyAs E-Bikes Boom in NYC,

Stocks struggled to make headway after a solid rally, while bond yields dropped on dovish remarks from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller.

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History shows stocks can usually handle a gradual rise in yields just fine, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. But the S&P 500 has tended to struggle if the 10-year yield moves more than two standard deviations, which would currently be equal to around 60 basis points, or 0.6 percentage points, in a month, they found (see chart below).

SLB helped lead the market after the provider of services to oilfields delivered bigger profit and revenue for the end of 2024 than analysts expected. It jumped 6.1% after it also raised its dividend by 3.6% and said it’s returning $2.3 billion to its investors by buying back its own stock.

MSCI's global equities index rose on Friday while U.S. Treasury yields turned higher with the dollar as upbeat economic data and earnings appeared to help investors shrug off any jitters ahead of the U.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 334.70 points, or 0.78%, to 43,487.83, the S&P 500 gained 59.32 points, or 1.00%, to 5,996.66 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 291.91 points, or 1.51%, to 19,630.20.

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