Stocks surrendered early gains and turned negative on Wall Street after the White House said President Donald Trump would impose promised tariffs on some key U.S. trading partners. The S&P 500 fell 0.

And despite historically high valuations, most Wall Street analysts expect the stock market to continue moving higher in the remaining months of the year. Here's what investors should know. Most Wall Street analysts anticipate strong returns in 2025 Shown below are year-end targets for the S&P 500 in 2025 set by various Wall Street banks and research firms.

Apple stock was up in premarket trading after the iPhone maker posted first-quarter earnings results that beat expectations.

World markets mostly rose on Friday following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit reports. European markets opened higher after the European Central Bank cut its key interest rate to by a quarter-point to 2.

Certain Wall Street analysts expect Nvidia and Microsoft to achieve market values of $4 trillion in 2025, something no publicly traded company has accomplished. Nvidia is the market leader in data center graphics processing units,

Asian equities were primed to climb Friday following gains on Wall Street that extended beyond the closing bell as Apple Inc shares rose in after-hours trading on its quarterly results.

Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms helped lead most US stocks higher on Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, as four out of every five stocks in the index climbed.