The S&P 500 shed 0.28% to end the session at 7,482.71 points
The U.S. S&P 500 closed lower on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said an interim deal aimed at ending the war with Iran was “over,” while Broadcom led gains among recently battered chip stocks.
The S&P 500 shed 0.28% to end the session at 7,482.71 points.
The Nasdaq added 0.20% to 25,870.65 points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 1.09% to 52,348.39 points.
The PHLX chip index added 2.23%.
The president’s comments marked the latest setback in the back-and-forth talks that have swung between threats of escalation and hopes for diplomacy, leaving investors wrong-footed by several false starts toward a peace deal.
Duration is the key here. How long does this go on?, said Rob Haworth, senior investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Seattle. If we see damage to Iranian infrastructure, the market may have to respond more seriously to that because there’s Iranian retaliation.
SpaceX dropped 0.8% to $148.38, the satellite and rocket company’s lowest close since its U.S. stock market debut on June 12.
Microsoft and Alphabet each declined more than 1%, while Meta Platforms shed 2%.
Helping keep the Nasdaq in positive territory, Broadcom surged 4.8% after Apple said it plans to spend more than $30 billion as part of a chip-supply agreement reached earlier this week with the chipmaker.
Any time you get an announcement from Apple about using your equipment, it’s pretty positive — especially when you have 2.5 billion Apple devices in people’s hands around the globe, said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Wealth.
Nvidia added 3.65% after the Information reported that China plans to allow its top AI firms to buy a limited number of the company’s H200 chips.

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