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📈 TL;DR – The Week in 60 Seconds
Stocks finally found a rebound. After five rough weeks, the S&P 500 snapped its losing streak and posted its biggest weekly rise in four months, even with oil spiking above $114 and Iran headlines keeping traders jumpy into the Good Friday closure. Smaller stocks joined the move, and Bitcoin pushed higher too.
That bounce looked more like relief than all-clear: Friday’s jobs report showed 178,000 new jobs, which could keep the Federal Reserve waiting longer before any rate cuts. This week, markets will test whether stronger growth can outweigh higher oil, sticky inflation worries, and fresh geopolitical stress.
Quick Levels → Last week’s change
S&P 500: 6,582.69 | ↑3.36% Nasdaq 100: 24,045.53 | ↑3.95% Dow: 46,504.68 | ↑2.96% Russell 2000: 2,530.04 | ↑3.28% | Gold/oz: $4,659 | ↑4.07% Silver/oz: $72.37 | ↑4.69% Bitcoin: $69,240 | ↑4.59% U.S. Dollar Index: 100.19 | ↓0.01% |
🚀 Top Movers Last Week
Source: VinFast
VinFast Auto (VFS) ↑33.92% — Record deliveries and a bold 300,000-vehicle target kept traders focused on growth.
Lumentum (LITE) ↑17.67% — S&P 500 add, Nvidia’s backing and AI data-center optics demand kept momentum buyers in control.
Intel (INTC) ↑16.81% — Intel’s $14.2B Ireland fab-stake buyback boosted confidence in its turnaround plan and sparked a chip-stock rally.
Sandisk (SNDK) ↑13.93% — Analysts urged investors to buy the pullback as demand for AI memory stayed strong.
Nike (NKE) ↓13.98% — Weak sales guidance and a sharper China slowdown sent the stock to decade lows.
Unilever (UL) ↓6.60% — Investors questioned the McCormick food deal and worried another big carve-out could distract management.