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The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1% on Friday, May 30, 2025, as President Trump rekindled his tough rhetoric on China and a key report revealed softening inflation.

Global trade uncertainty cranked up several notches this week amid a flurry of court rulings around U.S. tariffs and President Donald Trump accusing China of violating a deal with Washington, ensuring world markets ended the month on a cautious footing. A clutch of economic indicators on Friday that suggested U.S. growth may be slowing more than expected also added to the gloom, making for a turbulent session on Wall Street. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield on Friday ended at a three-week closing low around 4.40%, partly capped by figures that showed U.S. PCE inflation last month cooled to 2.1% - to all intents and purposes back at the Fed's target.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%. Hopes climbed through the month that the worst of the pain caused by President Donald Trump’s tariffs may have already passed, though uncertainty still hangs over the market. The Nasdaq composite fell 62.11 points, or 0.4%, to 19,113.77.

The SEC has given its blessing to certain Newsmax shareholders, allowing them to sell their shares on the open market. As many as 121 million shares can now be sold, significantly more than were already publicly traded. Shares of Newsmax Media (NYSE: NMAX) are plunging on Friday.

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The Cooper Companies shares dropped 14% Friday, a day after the contact lens maker lowered its full-year organic growth outlook.

Nvidia and other semiconductor stocks slid Friday, amid worries about worsening U.S.-China trade tensions.

Sentiment ended a four-month slide in May amid changing U.S. tariff policy, but the survey showed that consumers are still worried about the economy's direction.

Evolv Technologies (EVLV) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).