Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2026.<\/p>\n
Jeenah Moon | Reuters<\/p>\n
U.S. stock futures were mixed early Friday after President Donald Trump said that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend their ceasefire<\/a> by three weeks.<\/p>\n S&P 500 futures<\/a> were trading near the flatline, while Nasdaq 100 futures<\/a> added 0.4%. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a> fell by 114 points, or 0.23%.<\/p>\n After hours, shares of Intel<\/a> soared 19%. The chipmaker posted first-quarter earnings<\/a> that beat Wall Street’s expectations and shared an upbeat forecast for its current quarter.<\/p>\n Both the S&P 500<\/a> and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite<\/a> had scored new intraday highs on Thursday, but ultimately ended the session in the red, respectively losing 0.4% and 0.9%. The Nasdaq’s decline meant that the index suffered its worst daily performance in nearly a month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a> fell 180 points, or 0.4%.<\/p>\n Trump’s announcement of an extension to the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire injected much-needed optimism into the market. It followed a meeting at the White House with top U.S. officials, Trump said.<\/p>\n “The Meeting went very well!” The president wrote in a Truth Social post<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The United States is going to work with Lebanon in order to help it protect itself from Hezbollah,” he added, referencing the Iran-backed militia group.<\/p>\n Amid a tenuous truce, investors continued to look for signs that a peace deal is in the works. The Middle East conflict has evolved into a naval standoff<\/a> over the Strait of Hormuz as both countries have seized commercial ships. Trump said in a Thursday Truth Social post<\/a> that he had ordered the U.S. Navy to “shoot and kill any boat” that is laying mines in the strait.<\/p>\n Thursday’s reversal from all-time highs showed that headlines coming from the Middle East still can sway the market, even as traders attempt to look past the conflict and focus on corporate earnings reports. <\/p>\n Software stocks had tumbled on Thursday, while semiconductor names pulled ahead. The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX)<\/a> posted its 17th positive session in a row.<\/p>\n Cameron Dawson, chief investment officer at NewEdge Wealth, said she expects the market’s leadership to remain constricted.<\/p>\n “This market continues to get narrower and narrower. And once, it was a story of all ‘Mag Seven’ doing well. Now it’s really just a story of semiconductors doing well,” she said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime<\/a>” on Thursday afternoon. “We are having the most cyclical sector in the world \u2014 being semiconductors \u2014 experiencing super normal growth. The stocks will deliver 100% earnings growth this year. The question is, how do you value that?”<\/p>\n Dawson added: “The real question is how the market digests the super normal growth and if it thinks it can actually continue.”<\/p>\n Procter & Gamble<\/a>, Norfolk Southern<\/a>, Charter Communications<\/a> and SLB<\/a> will report earnings before Friday’s opening bell. 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