Stocks are headed for weekly gains, with the Dow Jones dipping slightly and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq trading just above the flatline Friday. Traders are digesting weaker-than-expected retail sales and the potential for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Retail sales in the U.S. fell 0.9% month-over-month in January, significantly worse than the anticipated 0.1% drop. However, markets are largely shrugging off the weaker-than-expected retail sales figures which were likely affected by January's cold weather and California wildfires, as well as the upward revision of December results.
Geopolitical tensions eased slightly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters at the Munich Security Conference on Friday that he is willing to participate in Trump’s peace initiative and eventual talks with Russia.
The price of Crude Oil slid another 0.52% Friday and is down 9.9% over the past month as the market reacted to President Donald Trump‘s plans to impose reciprocal tariffs on trade partners and news of potential peace talks to end the war in Ukraine.
The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell to below the 4.5% threshold on Friday, extending its pullback after January's retail sales data may have indicated some weakness in the U.S. consumer. The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) rose 0.7%.
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) rose above the $98,000 level on a midday rally Friday and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) climbed more than 7%.
Friday’s Performance In Major US Indices, ETFs
| Major Indices | Price | 1 day % chg. |
| Nasdaq 100 | 19,988.34 | 0.20% |
| S&P 500 | 6,116.90 | 0.03% |
| Dow Jones | 44,602.67 | -0.24% |
| Russell 2000 | 2,278.93 | -0.14% |
According to Benzinga Pro data:
- The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) inched up 0.3% to $609.92
- The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA) was down 0.23% at $446.24
- The tech-heavy Invesco QQQ Trust Series (NASDAQ:QQQ) rose 0.27% to $537.34.
- The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE:IWM) eased 0.14% to $225.82.
- The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLY) dipped 0.14% to $226.78
- The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLE) rose 0.72% to $90.36.
Friday's Stock Movers:
Shares of Serve Robotics Inc. (NASDAQ:SERV) and SoundHound AI, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOUN) tanked after NVIDIA Corp.'s (NASDAQ:NVDA) latest 13F filing revealed it had dissolved its stakes in both companies.
Stocks reacting to company earnings reports included:
- DraftKings, Inc. (NASDAQ:DKNG)
- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AXL)
- Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA)
- JFrog, Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG)
- Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN)
- Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROKU)
- Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)
- DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM)
- Procore Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:PCOR)
- Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN)
- Udemy, Inc. (NASDAQ:UDMY)
- Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:NUS)
- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:BIO)
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