Stock Market Update
17-Oct-25 14:30 ET
S&P 500 near highs as financials and biotech lead; Newmont slumps with gold pullback
Dow +294.00
at 46246.03,
Nasdaq +142.58
at 22705.14,
S&P +39.63
at 6668.69
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.60%) is near HoDs, up about 40 points on Friday afternoon.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents Gilead Sciences (GILD 123.62, +5.77, +4.90%), Capital One (COF 210.97, +7.82, +3.85%), and Axon (AXON 673.78, +21.61, +3.31%) pepper the top of the standings. COF is higher in sympathy to American Express' (AXP 346.61, +23.49, +7.27%) move post the beat and raise, while AXON caught a bullish TD Cowen note this morning.
Meanwhile, Newmont Corporation (NEM 91.69, -6.58, -6.70%) slides pretty hard amid losses in gold futures.
