Shares have been largely unchanged on Tuesday because the market weighed the most recent company earnings and digested the geopolitical sentiment as S&P International Scores affirmed its credit standing of the U.S. economic system.
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- Shares opened combined however largely unchanged amid buyers’ concentrate on Dwelling Depot earnings.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Common edged barely up whereas the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hovered on the flatline.
- S&P International Scores has affirmed its AA+ credit standing for the USA economic system.
The Dow Jones Industrial Common was barely up with 76 factors, or 0.17%, whereas the benchmark index S&P 500 traded just under the flat line. Nasdaq Composite, which, just like the S&P 500, had notched beneficial properties to a document excessive in latest weeks, additionally opened little modified with main tech shares cooling off their latest value rallies.
Whereas Dwelling Depot’s earnings outcomes did not encourage as the house enchancment chain’s revenue missed estimates, its shares jumped on the corporate’s full-year outlook. This sees Wall Avenue eager on upcoming stories by Goal and Walmart.
Additionally essential this week is Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks on the Jackson Gap symposium. Per the CME FedWatch software, buyers have odds of a Fed price lower in September at 83%
On the geopolitical entrance, President Donald Trump’s push for a peace deal for Ukraine has buyers watching, though Trump’s assembly with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, and European leaders failed to supply certainty.
S&P affirms U.S. credit standing
Shares are principally upbeat as main U.S. gauges maintain close to their document highs. Nonetheless, motion was largely muted as scores agency S&P International Scores supplied an replace to its credit standing for the USA.
Though S&P notes tariffs are possible to assist the U.S. fiscal well being amid Trump’s tax cuts, the outlook stays that the credit standing for the U.S. is AA+. S&P International has given this score for the USA since 2011, having downgraded it from AAA on the time.
The U.S. has seen its excellent credit standing slip after high scores companies downgraded it. In Might 2025, high agency Moody’s lowered its score for the nation from ‘AAA’ to ‘Aa1’. On the time, Moody’s famous issues round debt deficit and curiosity prices. Fitch Scores additionally downgraded the U.S. from a triple-A score in 2023.
The ten-year and 30-year Treasury yields dropped after the S&P International’s report back to hover round 4.32% and 4.91% respectively.
Elsewhere, the crypto market noticed Bitcoin (BTC) bounce off lows of $114k.
