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U.S. Stocks Recover From Early Weakness To Close Mostly Higher
Stocks came under pressure early in the session on Monday but showed a notable turnaround over the course of the trading day. The major averages climbed well off their lows of the session and into positive territory.
The major averages saw further upside going into the end of the day, reaching new highs for the session. The Nasdaq climbed 128.85 points or 0.7 percent at 19,242.61, the S&P 500 rose 24.25 points or 0.4 percent to 5,935.94 and the Dow inched up 35.41 points or 0.1 percent to 42,305.38.
The early weakness on Wall Street partly reflected renewed trade concerns amid further signs of rising tensions between the U.S. and China.
China on Monday pushed back against President Donald Trump’s claims that it had broken the Geneva trade agreement, accusing the U.S. of violating the deal with increased tech export restrictions and the revocation of Chinese student visas.
“These practices seriously violate the consensus reached by the two heads of state on January 17, seriously undermine the existing consensus of the Geneva economic and trade talks, and seriously damage China’s legitimate rights and interests,” a Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said.
A collapse of the U.S.-China trade agreement could lead to considerable weakness among stocks, which have shown a considerable recovery since Trump’s “reciprocal tariff” announcement in early April.
The Trump administration has also announced it will double the current tariff rate on steel and aluminum imports from 25 percent to 50 percent.
However, selling pressure waned following the release of a report from the Institute for Supply Management showing its reading on U.S. manufacturing activity unexpectedly edged slightly lower in the month of May.
The ISM said its manufacturing PMI slipped to 48.5 in May from 48.7 in April, with a reading below 50 indicating contraction. Economists had expected the index to inch up to 49.5.
With the unexpected decline, the manufacturing PMI dipped to its lowest level hitting 48.4 in November 2024.
The report may have generated some optimism about the outlook for interest rates amid signs of U.S. economic weakness due to Trump’s trade war.
The turnaround on Wall Street also came after a White House official told CNBC that Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could speak one-on-one “very soon.”
Sector News
Gold stocks moved sharply higher along with the price of the precious metal, with the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index soaring by 6.0 percent.
Trump’s increased tariffs on U.S. steel imports also contributed to substantial strength among steel stocks, as reflected by the 3.0 percent surge by the NYSE Arca Steel Index.
Semiconductor, natural gas and oil service stocks also moved notably higher over the course of the session, while some weakness remained visible among housing stocks.
Other Markets
In overseas trading, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region moved mostly lower during trading on Monday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index slumped by 1.3 percent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index slid by 0.6 percent.
Most European stocks also moved to the downside on the day. The German DAX Index fell by 0.3 percent and the French CAC 40 Index dipped by 0.2 percent, although the U.K.’s FTSE 100 Index closed just above the unchanged line.
In the bond market, treasuries came under pressure over the course of the session after ending last Friday’s trading little changed. Subsequently, the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, climbed 4.6 basis points to 4.462 percent.
Looking Ahead
Reports on factory orders and job openings may attract some attention on Tuesday, although developments on the trade front are likely to remain in the spotlight.
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FCC chair Brendan Carr sent a letter to Disney CEO Robert Iger stating, “Numerous reports indicate that Disney’s leadership went all in on invidious forms of D.E.I. discrimination a few years ago and did so in a manner that infected many aspects of your company’s decisions.”
ABC News does not fall under the FCC’s purview, but ABC’s eight-owned and operated stations are, and it wants to review whether they have violated any FCC equal employment opportunity regulations.
In addition, the FCC will also look at ABC’s policy that at least 50 percent of characters in TV pilots be from underrepresented groups.
For its part, Disney, in a statement, said, “We are reviewing the Federal Communications Commission’s letter, and we look forward to engaging with the commission to answer its questions.”
This is familiar territory for ABC News, which has already come under scrutiny from President Donald Trump. Last December, the news division settled its lawsuit with the president for $15 million over comments that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on a March 10, 2024 edition of his Sunday show, This Week.
As part of the settlement, the network included an editor’s note in the online article accompanying the broadcast, which stated: “ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace.”
The Associated Press reports that Disney has altered some of its D.E.I. positions in recent months. For example, it has changed the language at the beginning of some of its movies from “negative depictions and/or mistreatment of peoples or culture” to “this program is presented as originally created and may contain stereotypes or negative depictions.”
It joins NBCUniversal and Paramount Global as media companies with ties to news operations receiving the FCC treatment since the beginning of the second term of the Donald Trump administration.
The FCC does not have direct jurisdiction over NBCUniversal properties. Still, the news division could be affected by the outcome of the investigation due to its parent company, Comcast, cable and high-speed internet business, as they fall under the regulatory oversight umbrella of the FCC.
NBCUniversal is also expected to finalize the spinning off of its cable units into a separate company in the next few months, which will require government approval.
Meanwhile, Paramount Global is in the final stages of its merger with Skydance Media and needs government approval, too. On top of that, CBS News’ Sunday night newsmagazine, 60 Minutes, is facing a $20 billion lawsuit brought on by the president, who alleges the news network engaged in “deceitful” editing of a 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Carr made an official request for the unedited interview transcript, leading the network to publicly release the transcript and video footage of the interview on its website.
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