Here Are Thursday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Abercrombie & Fitch, Choice Hotels International, DigitalOcean Holdings, First Solar, LTC Properties, Okta, Regions Financial, Synopsys, and More Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed, with the Nasdaq…
aring after a data-filled day on Wall Street that began with Core PCE inflation coming in a little hotter than expected and ended with the much-anticipated results from NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), which, as usual, came in above expectations, with revenue more than doubling. The major indices closed modestly lower after a slow trading day, with the S&P 500 finishing at 7,675, down 0.02%, while the Nasdaq closed at 26,130, down 0.08%
The Dow Jones Industrials fell 0.21% to 53,463, while the small-cap Russell 2000, still the leading index and up almost 20% in 2026, closed at 3,007, down 0.08%. With the summer winding down, and next week the last vacation week for many before the Labor Day holiday, expect more of the same light volume, and junior traders on the various trade desks around the street. Treasury Bonds: Yields were higher across most of the Treasury curve as more criticism of Secretary Bessent’s bond buyback strategy came out.
Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller’s fiery op-ed in the Wall Street Journal argued that Bessent’s intervention was an unneeded effort to manipulate prices rather than fix a real liquidity crisis. The 30-year bond finished the session at 5.17%, while the benchmark 10-year note was last seen at 4.65%. The recent surge in yields has pushed the 30-year mortgage rate to the highest level in over a year.