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The S&P 500 rose on Thursday, boosted by tech stocks, as investors stepped in to buy after a batch of strong earnings results.
The broad market index climbed 0.58% to close at 6,738.44, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded up 144.20 points, or 0.31%, to finish at 46,734.61. The Nasdaq Composite outperformed, rising 0.89% to settle at 22,941.80, seeing support from the gains in names like Nvidia, Broadcom and Amazon. A nearly 3% jump in shares of fellow artificial intelligence player Oracle also helped send the market higher.
Averages hit their highs of the session after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing that President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next Thursday in South Korea. The announcement eased investors’ fears about U.S.-China relations that had pressured equities on Wednesday.
The S&P 500’s move higher marks a full recovery and more from its meaningful losses seen in the previous session, when the index fell roughly 0.5%. The Dow lost about 334 points, or 0.7%, while the Nasdaq declined 0.9% as investors rotated out of riskier assets.
Stocks had finished lower Wednesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the White House is mulling plans to curb exports to China made with U.S. software. Those plans would build on Trump’s statement almost two weeks ago that the U.S. will implement export restrictions by Nov. 1 on “any and all critical software.”
“Do not discount the bull market yet, just because of a volatility bout,” said Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president at Reflexivity. “A handful of tech stocks have led the rally, but now we stand to see how hundreds of global companies benefit from AI’s productivity gains.”
Investors are continuing to watch earnings releases from key U.S. companies, which many believe could be make-or-break for the current bull market rally. Honeywell shares led the blue-chip Dow’s rise, advancing almost 7% Thursday, after it posted better-than-expected quarterly results and lifted its full-year outlook. American Airlines increased 6% following its narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss and upbeat guidance.
The market was able to overcome what had been sore spots in the trading day. Tesla – which kicked off reports from the “Magnificent Seven” – ended up 2% after coming back from earlier losses following a mixed third-quarter report. IBM shares also pared losses after beating Wall Street estimates but reporting in-line software revenue. Meanwhile, oil prices rose after the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Russia’s two biggest crude companies due to the country’s “lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine.”
More than 80% of the S&P 500 companies that have reported so far have exceeded earnings expectations, per FactSet.
“While we are seeing individual stocks get punished after missing expectations, we expect earnings overall to be strong enough to keep stock prices elevated in the near-term,” said Emily Bowersock Hill, CEO and founding partner at Bowersock Capital Partners. “This current earnings season is unlikely to disappoint investors enough to trigger a notable market setback.”
Beyond earnings, inflation data due Friday is expected to give further clues about the health of the economy, particularly ahead of the Federal Reserve’s late October meeting. Markets widely expect central bankers to cut rates by another quarter percentage point.
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Ford has warned of a profit hit of up to $2bn from a fire at an aluminium supplier’s plant in New York, prompting a downgrade in its annual guidance.
The September 16 fire at the plant operated by Novelis has shut down production of aluminium sheets that are widely used by the car industry in the US, including by Ford and Stellantis.
On Thursday, Ford said it expects an adjusted operating profit of $6bn-$6.5bn for the full year, compared with its earlier target range of $6.5bn-$7.5bn. The downgraded forecast included up to $1bn in net tariff impact, which was smaller than the $2bn net hit it projected in July.
Chief financial officer Sherry House said the company would have raised its guidance if not for the cost impact from the Novelis plant fire.
The carmaker said it would add 1,000 jobs across plants in Michigan and Kentucky to increase output of F-series trucks by more than 50,000 vehicles next year to recover production losses caused by the fire.
For the September quarter, Ford reported net income of $2.4bn on a 9 per cent increase in revenue to a record $50.5bn.
Ford’s adjusted earnings of $2.6bn before interest and tax was flat year-on-year, but higher than the average analyst estimate for $2bn, according to Visible Alpha. For the quarter, it booked a tariff impact of $700mn.
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Intel shares rose 6 per cent after the troubled chipmaker reported better than expected revenue, adding to its momentum following big investments from the Trump administration, Nvidia and Japan’s SoftBank.
The Santa Clara, California-based tech group reported revenue was $13.7bn, up 3 per cent year-on-year — beating Wall Street expectations of $13.1bn.
Intel expected revenue of between $12.8bn and $13.8bn for the fourth quarter, roughly in line with consensus estimates.
It said the trio of investments had strengthened its finances as it seeks to turn around its expensive effort to build advanced chip manufacturing in the US.
Chief financial officer David Zinsner said: “We took meaningful steps this quarter to strengthen our balance sheet, including accelerated funding from the US government and investments by Nvidia and SoftBank Group that increase our operational flexibility and demonstrate the critical role we play in the ecosystem.”
Intel also benefited from deals to sell stakes in specialist chip company Altera and automotive technology company Mobileye. Its upbeat guidance came despite losing income due to its smaller share of Altera.
It reported $4.3bn in net income, its first quarterly profit since 2023, following a record $17bn net loss a year ago resulting from restructuring and impairment charges.
Performance in Intel’s manufacturing business improved, with $4.2bn in revenue, as a result of greater efficiency in its chip foundries.
Personal computer chip sales, which have been relatively flat in recent quarters, also exceeded expectations, driven by upgrades to Microsoft’s operating system. It also cited a broader artificial intelligence-driven increase in demand for its PC and server products.
Intel’s gross margin improved to 40 per cent during the quarter — boosted by a return to in-house manufacturing. Margins had been eroded by outsourcing Intel’s most advanced manufacturing to Taiwan’s TSMC.
Intel is also trying to win giant chip clients such as Apple, Qualcomm and Nvidia back from TSMC. The manufacturing push has led to billions in losses.
Some analysts had expected Intel to sell the manufacturing unit. But Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive in March, has faced pressure from the Trump administration to continue the US chipmaking push and has committed to holding the company together.
Intel shares had risen about 85 per in the six months leading up to Thursday’s earnings report. Investor confidence was boosted by the US government converting manufacturing grants into a 10 per cent equity stake in the company, which was followed by SoftBank buying $2bn in shares and Nvidia agreeing to a chip partnership and a $5bn investment.
But the influx of cash has not resolved Intel’s long-term problems. Ahead of Thursday’s announcement, Bernstein analysts said the company’s position was “still precarious”, with continued uncertainty about the future of its manufacturing business and ongoing losses in its core chip business, leading to a “very stretchy valuation”.
Intel also disclosed the extent of recent job cuts, saying it had shed almost 30 per cent of its staff in a year, as Tan seeks to cut out middle management layers he says have slowed its innovation.
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