US shares commerce combined as Wall Road digests slew of earnings outcomes

• US shares had been combined Friday however largely flat amid extra earnings stories.
• Over 75% of S&P 500 corporations which have reported to this point have beat analysts’ earnings estimates.

US shares had been buying and selling combined on Friday however nonetheless largely flat as traders digested extra company earnings outcomes.

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Common are headed for his or her worst buying and selling week since March. The Nasdaq Composite is predicted to shut the week within the purple as effectively.

Over 75% of S&P 500 corporations which have reported to this point have beat analysts’ earnings estimates, per FactSet. Procter & Gamble posted upbeat outcomes on Friday and raised its gross sales outlook.

Wall Road can be turning consideration to subsequent week’s launch of quarterly outcomes from mega-cap techs like Alphabet and Amazon.

This is the place US indexes stood on the 9:30 a.m. ET open on Friday:

This is what else occurred in the present day:

• High economist Mohamed El-Erian breaks down the credit score squeeze threatening the US, danger of upper rates of interest, and extra in an unique interview with Insider.
• US money-market funds snapped a development of file inflows and noticed their belongings drop for the primary time since final month, per Bloomberg.
• Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says the Fed has inflation on the ropes and bemoans the debt-ceiling fiasco in a brand new interview.
• Citi’s chief economist says the US could possibly be headed in the direction of a credit score crunch that will solely extend a recession.

In commodities, bonds and crypto:

• West Texas Intermediate crude oil elevated 1.02% to $78.16 per barrel. Brent crude, oil’s worldwide benchmark, rose 0.86% to $81.81.
• Gold declined 0.79% to $2,003 per ounce.
• The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell 4 foundation factors to three.505%.
• Bitcoin dropped 1.89%, whereas ether fell 2.56%.