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** S&P 500 .SPX snaps two-week winning streak, finishes down 0.4% as geopolitics weigh .N
** Dow .DJI declines 1.3%, while Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dips 0.6%
** Indexes come within striking distance of record highs
** However, even with a running start, Nasdaq Composite's hurdles loom large
** U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield US10YT=RR snaps back Fri, but at around 4.41%, still down for the week US/
** Most sectors anxious: Financials and Industrials cower most, while Energy a standout
** Financials .SPSY fade 2.6%. Visa V.N and Mastercard MA.N flop after WSJ report retailers exploring their own stablecoins as payment mode
For the week, S&P 500 banks index .SPXBK down 2%, KBW regional banking index .KRX off 3%
** Industrials .SPLRCI down 1.6%. Boeing BA.N descends after Air India crash revives safety worries
In contrast, defense firms including Lockheed Martin LMT.N and Northrop Grumman NOC.N rise on Israel-Iran conflict
** Consumer Staples .SPLRCS slip 1.1%. J.M. Smucker SJM.N slumps after dour annual earnings forecast
** Communication Services .SPLRCL retreat 0.8%. But Warner Bros Discovery WBD.O rises as co to split its studios and streaming business from fading cable TV networks
And Alphabet GOOGL.O up after report OpenAI, though backed by Microsoft MSFT.O, to add Google's cloud service
** Tech .SPLRCT ticks down 0.1%. Wall Street says Apple's AAPL.O developer conference was short of a spark - even with a shiny new look, as its AI features remain 'evolutionary not revolutionary'. AAPL loses nearly 4% on the week
Oracle ORCL.N soars after annual forecast raise on robust cloud services demand
Chip stocks rally as US, China negotiate on trade
Semiconductor index .SOX up 1.5%
** Consumer Discretionary .SPLRCD edges down 0.1%. Tesla TSLA.O advances; CEO Musk regrets some posts he made about President Trump, announces robotaxi dates. TSLA registers 10% weekly gain
Though cruise operators sink amid selloff in travel stocks following Israel's attack on Iran
** Energy .SPNY leaps 5.7%. Group gains on US-China talks, Saudi supply slip, then oil firms surge as Israel-Iran conflict sends crude prices soaring O/R. Crude oil futures run up, but so far repulsed by resistance
** Meanwhile, individual investors seem to think discretion is the better part of valor
** SPX performance YTD:
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(Lance Tupper and Terence Gabriel are Reuters market analysts. The views expressed are their own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com ; terence.gabriel@tr.com))
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