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US stocks end mixed after new batch of earnings reports

Apr 20, 2023, 02:50 IST
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange.Reuters
  • US stocks close Wednesday's session on mixed footing.
  • The S&P 500 was flat, and tech stocks pushed through rising bond yields.
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US stocks finished mixed on Wednesday as investors sifted through financial updates from banks while monitoring a climb in bond yields stoked by global inflation concerns.

After starting in the red, Wall Street's major indexes split directionally, though the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were virtually flat. The Dow industrials were hurt in part as Disney shares fell. The entertainment heavyweight is expected to start cutting thousands of jobs next week, Bloomberg reported.

During the session, Tesla declined after issuing a new round of price cuts before releasing first-quarter earnings late Wednesday. Meanwhile, Netflix shares fell after mixed results from the streaming service. It also said its crackdown on password-sharing is coming soon.

Morgan Stanley shares fell as the investment bank posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit but dealmaking at the firm slowed. Among regional banks, Western Alliance surged after it said deposits stabilized following industry turmoil in the wake of the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank last month.

First-quarter earnings from large-cap financial firms have come in reasonably strong but investors "should not get a false sense of security" from the early reports, Bryan Reilly, portfolio manager at CIBC Private Wealth US, said in a note Wednesday.

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Here's where US indexes stood at the 4:00 p.m. closing bell on Wednesday:

"Weakening in retail sales, industrial production, and services as the first quarter progressed has shown that the Fed rate hikes have begun to bite at economic growth. That slower growth coupled with higher costs remaining sticky for most companies has forced a rethinking of the path of corporate profit margins," Reilly added.

In the bond market, yields rose along with UK sovereign yields after British inflation unexpectedly held above 10% as food prices rose in March.

With inflationary pressures still on the Federal Reserve's radar, the 2-year Treasury yield rose 7 basis points to a five-week high of 4.26%.

Here's what else is happening today:

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