News Bulletin
Monday, July 27, 2026
Evening Edition

Economic Numbers:

Time	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Monday, July 27, 2026
8:30	Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Jun)	0.30%	1.60%	-4.00%
8:30	Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Jun)	0.60%	0.90%	1.80%
9:55	Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q2)	1.60%	1.70%	1.70%
11:30	2-Year Note Auction	4.32%		4.19%
13:00	5-Year Note Auction	4.41%		4.20%
14:50	U.S. President Trump Speaks

Indices

	CLOSE	50 DMA	200 DMA
DJIA	52,210.08	51,497.32	48,927.73
NASDAQ	24,932.08	26,048.56	23,953.82
S&P 500	7,413.18	7,471.39	7,008.37

Earnings Calendar:

(EPS: Earning Per Share / Rev: Revenue / Mkt Cap: market Capital/ BMO: Before Market Opening /AMC: After Market Close)

COMPANY	EPS Act	EPS Fore	Rev Act	Rev Fore	Mkt Cap	Time
WelltowerWELL:US	0.61	0.66	3.54B	3.34B	$141.87B	PM
Cadence Design SystemsCDNS:US	2.11	2.05	1.58B	1.58B	$93.06B	PM
NucorNUE:US	-	4.22	-	10.13B	$59.12B	PM
Cincinnati FinancialCINF:US	1.43	1.75	-	2.71B	$28.88B	PM
Principal FinancialPFG:US	-	2.33	-	4.14B	$26.14B	PM
F5 NetworksFFIV:US	4.73	4	865M	834.6M	$23.25B	PM
Brown & BrownBRO:US	-	1.09	-	1.73B	$19.77B	PM
Amkor TechnologyAMKR:US	0.7	0.47	1.9B	1.81B	$15.61B	PM
Sun CommunitiesSUI:US	-	0.65	-	621.97M	$15.18B	PM
UDRUDR:US	-	0.13	-	424.26M	$12.95B	PM
SanminaSANM:US	3.31	2.77	3.46B	3.4B	$11.38B	PM
Universal Health ServicesUHS:US	-	5.86	-	4.58B	$10.78B	PM
EnsignENSG:US	1.92	1.84	1.44B	1.43B	$10.30B	AM
RambusRMBS:US	0.77	0.72	99.2M	199.3M	$10.18B	PM
Brixmor PropertyBRX:US	-	0.24	-	352.66M	$9.81B	PM
Simpson ManufacturingSSD:US	-	2.77	-	657.06M	$8.19B	PM
BalchemBCPC:US	-	1.31	-	268.5M	$5.30B
Tfs FinancialTFSL:US	-	0.08	-	85.87M	$5.06B
Kilroy RealtyKRC:US	0.17	0.12	272.4M	268.16M	$4.60B	PM
COPT Defense PropertiesOFC:US	-	0.33	-	187.95M	$4.32B	PM
Alliance Resource PartnersARLP:US	0.61	0.62	551.6M	550.27M	$3.20B	AM
Bank of HawaiiBOH:US	1.47	1.46	196.9M	199.75M	$3.18B	AM
AgilysysAGYS:US	-	0.39	-	85.98M	$2.83B	PM
NBT BancorpNBTB:US	-	1.01	-	188.57M	$2.48B	PM
H2O AmericaSJW:US	-	0.7	-	217.26M	$2.03B	PM
Northwest BancsharesNWBI:US	-	0.33	-	178.66M	$1.97B	PM
Lakeland FinancialLKFN:US	1.13	1.09	70.9M	72.14M	$1.60B	AM
CartersCRI:US	-	0.06	-	606.93M	$1.40B
KforceKFRC:US	0.73	0.6	349.3M	347.71M	$1.11B	PM
Arbor RealtyABR:US	-	0.07	-	115.98M	$948.70M	AM

Market News:

Wall Street on Monday ended mixed, giving up opening gains after semiconductor stocks took a hit on a media report that China had taken a key step forward in building a localized chip supply chain.

Stocks had earlier rallied at the open, helped by a slide in crude oil prices that brought immediate relief to inflation-weary markets at the start of a critical week dominated by a Federal Reserve rate decision and high-stakes mega-cap technology earnings.

The benchmark S&P 500 index closed little changed at 7,414.11 points, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite shed 0.2% to settle at 24,932.08 points. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was holding on to gains, up 0.5% to conclude at 52,209.69 points.

Stock futures had rallied in premarket trading, after global crude prices cratered following a pause in tit-for-tat strikes between the U.S. and Iran.

The New York Times on Friday reported that President Donald Trump had halted plans to sharply escalate U.S. military operations in Iran after meeting with his top advisers and senior members of the administration, citing U.S. officials. The decision was driven by dwindling Pentagon stockpiles of air defenses.

The U.S. had hit Iran with strikes for 13 straight days, while Tehran had retaliated by targeting American military bases in neighboring countries. The fighting began after Iran attacked commercial ships in and around the Strait of Hormuz, leading to a collapse in an interim peace deal inked between the two sides in June. Supply disruption concerns were exacerbated after Iran-backed Houthis targeted Saudi tankers in another vital waterway, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Against this backdrop, oil prices had jumped around 20% over a two-week span, with Brent soaring 20.6% and WTI surging 19.2%.

"While the pause in strikes is certainly a welcome development, and investors are clearly incredibly attuned to any sign of good news from the region, there is still a lot of uncertainty hanging over markets – and it won’t take much for them to turn," Yerbol Orynbayev, former World Bank governor of Kazakhstan, told Investing.com.

"Tensions in the Middle East remain on a knife’s edge, and without a meaningful framework to reduce tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, oil supply and inflation pressures could remain high. We have seen how oil prices can surge and plummet across short timeframes throughout this year – and the current slide to below $90 a barrel may not last," he added.

Big Tech earnings week

Turning away from the Middle East, market participants this week are looking ahead to a crucial slate of quarterly earnings from the Magnificent Seven mega-cap technology firm, including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta Platforms.

The sector enters the earnings gauntlet under intense scrutiny, with investors increasingly questioning towering valuations, massive capital expenditure budgets, and the group’s ability to deliver outsized top-line beats required to justify current multiples.

Concerns over booming artificial intelligence capex surged last week after earnings from Alphabet and Tesla spooked market participants.

Alphabet’s aggressive infrastructure spending upgrade and Tesla’s accelerating cash burn underscored fears that Silicon Valley’s relentless AI buildout is consuming cash faster than it can generate near-term revenues, compressing profit margins across the sector.

"The current week of earnings is the most significant one for the summer season, as over a third of the S&P 500 companies are due to report. Over the next few days, investors will be homing in on results from enormous AI capital expenditures, with shareholders looking for progress on the bottom line," José Torres, senior economist at Interactive Brokers, said.

Fed rate decision in focus

Away from earnings, the other major event of the week is the Fed’s rate decision and Chair Kevin Warsh’s press conference on Wednesday. While policymakers are widely expected to keep benchmark interest rates unchanged, investors will parse Warsh’s remarks for clues on the central bank’s inflation outlook and the future path of monetary policy.

"With U.S. inflation cooling to 3.5% in June, and this short-term reprieve in the Middle East, the case for rate hikes isn’t strong. It’s far more likely we’ll see rates remain unchanged; inflation remains high, the oil market continues to fluctuate, and the Strait of Hormuz’s reduced operational capacity is still a problem," Orynbayev told Investing.com.

"We’ll wait to see which way the Fed chooses to go, but given the backdrop, one thing is for sure: investors will be hoping the Fed’s decision gives them more clarity and certainty over where the U.S.’s economy is headed," he added.

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