By William Collins, consultant in stock markets – Eurasia Business News, November 17, 2025. Article no 1905
Dow Jones Stock Exchange, Manhattan, New York City- Photo credit : Swann Collins.
On November 17, the US stock market saw minor declines in major indices, with mixed performance across sectors as investors looked ahead to Nvidia’s earnings report and the delayed September jobs report.
The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.5% just after 9:30 a.m. ET, while the S&P 500 slid 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 109 points, or 0.2%.
These sharp dips occurred early in the session and were part of wider market volatility, with all three indices bouncing back somewhat later in the trading day.
Alphabet surged more than 3% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed it had taken a stake in the Google and YouTube parent. Investors were encouraged that Berkshire still finds value in the AI name after a big run this year, although Buffett himself likely was not directly responsible for the purchase, but rather his two equity managers.
Following Nvidia, Walmart will report before the market opens Thursday, and those results could offer insights into just how tapped out the consumer is and demonstrate if spending is bifurcated, the strategist said.
A senior Federal Reserve official, Vice Chair Philip Jefferson, said the U.S. central bank ought “to proceed slowly” with future interest-rate cuts, given trade-offs between potentially sticky inflation and a weakening labor market. Investors have already pared back bets on a December cut.
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The delayed jobs report for September is slated for Thursday. Other data due this week includes reports on home sales and consumer sentiment. Earnings from big retailers, starting with Home Depot on Tuesday, will shed more light on the health of the economy.
The August U.S. construction spending rose +0.2% MoM, higher than consensus and the -0.1% prior, according to delayed data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Monday.
Over in the bond market, the 10-year Treasury yield (US10Y) was 1 basis point lower at 4.14%, while the 2-year yield (US2Y) was 1 basis point higher at 3.62%.
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Gold futures settled at $4,074.9 per ounce, down about 0.47% (–$19.3) from the previous close. During the day, the price ranged from a low of $4,051.1 to a high of $4,107.6 per ounce. Opening price was $4,084.4, and the previous close stood at $4,094.2. The decline was attributed to waning expectations for a US interest rate cut, which weighed on investor demand for gold.
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Silver was trading at $51 per ounce.
Both gold and silver prices were pressured by a stronger US dollar and cautious sentiment ahead of economic data and Federal Reserve policy decisions.
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