The S&P index temporarily bid farewell to historical highs, the Nasdaq index fell from a two-year high, while the Dow Jones index continued to set new historical highs for four consecutive days. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts a significant decrease in iPhone shipments this year, leading to a nearly 2% drop in Apple's stock price. Microsoft initially set an all-time high during trading but reversed to a decline later. Despite rising over 1% after the financial report, Google's stock price fell over 5%. While overall chip stocks retreated, Nvidia's stock price continued to set new historical highs, but AMD fell over 6% after the financial report. General Motors' stock price rose nearly 8% after the financial report, while UPS's stock price fell over 8%. The pan-European index set a two-year high for three consecutive days, with the French stock market hitting a historical high. In terms of the U.S. stock market, the Dow Jones index rose by 0.35%, the S&P 500 index fell by 0.06%, and the Nasdaq index fell by 0.76%.
Microsoft's financial report for the fourth quarter of last year exceeded market expectations. Although cloud growth is still in need of acceleration, the stock price fell over 2% after hours. Google's revenue and profits exceeded expectations, but advertising revenue fell below expectations, leading to a more than 5% decline in the stock price. AMD's guidance for the first quarter performance was lower than expected, and issues with AI chips caused its stock price to fall by 6% after hours.
After the announcement of the U.S. job vacancy data, the yield on the U.S. ten-year treasury bonds quickly rebounded from a two-week low, briefly rising above 4.10%, but subsequently declining again. The U.S. dollar index briefly erased its intraday losses and rebounded, hitting a new daily high. Gold futures, which had risen more than 2% during trading, gave back most of...