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Dow Hits Record Highs, Small Caps Soar On Powell’s Shift: What’s Moving Markets Friday?

Last updated: 2025/08/22 at 5:41 PM
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A robust rally erupted on Friday on Wall Road shortly after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a notably dovish message throughout his extremely anticipated speech at Jackson Hole.

Powell mentioned the Fed is ready to regulate its coverage stance—a transparent nod to potential rate of interest cuts—in response to the sharp cooling within the labor market.

He additionally adopted a extra tolerant tone on inflation dangers stemming from commerce tariffs, saying the Fed’s base case assumes these would lead to one-off worth will increase, not a sustained inflation surge.

It was occasion time for markets. Each sector within the S&P 500 closed within the inexperienced, with shopper discretionary, actual property, industrials and supplies every rising greater than 2%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Common surged 2%, breaking to new all-time highs above 45,680. The S&P 500 gained 1.4%, closing at 6,460 and flirting with document territory close to 4,680, whereas the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.4%, snapping a three-day shedding streak.

However the true stars of the day have been small caps. The Russell 2000 Index soared practically 4%, logging its greatest session since April 9 and climbing again to ranges final seen in December 2024.

Regional banks, tracked by the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSE:KRE)—the biggest sector inside the index—jumped practically 5%. In currencies, the U.S. greenback fell 0.9%, whereas short-dated Treasury yields collapsed, with the 2-year observe dropping 10 foundation factors to three.70%.

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Commodities rallied as nicely: gold climbed 1%, and silver surged 2.2%. However essentially the most explosive positive factors got here from crypto markets.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) soared 3.5% to $116,000, whereas Solana (CRYTPO: SOL), Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) rallied 9%, 10%, and 12%, respectively—turning a bullish day right into a crypto-fueled frenzy.

Main Indices

Worth

1-day %

Russell 2000

2,361.16

3.8%

Dow Jones

45,699.02

2.0%

S&P 500

6,464.81

1.55%

Nasdaq 100

23,461.08

1.4%

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In response to Benzinga Pro knowledge:

  • The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:VOO) rose 1.5% at $553.99.

  • The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Common (NYSE:DIA) rallied 2.1% to $457.36.

  • The tech-heavy Invesco QQQ Belief Collection (NASDAQ:QQQ) rose 1.5% to $571.47.

  • The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE:IWM) rocketed 4% to $234.85.

  • The Supplies Choose Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLB) outperformed, up 0.3%; the Client Staples Choose Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLP) lagged, up 0.1%.

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Friday’s best-performing shares within the S&P 500 index:

  • Enphase Power Inc. (NASDAQ:ENPH) 9.18%

  • Builders FirstSource Inc. (NYSE:BLDR) 7.97%

  • Mohawk Industries Inc. (NYSE:MHK) 7.39%

  • Coinbase International Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) 6.52%

  • Teradyne Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) 6.31%

  • Align Know-how Inc. (NASDAQ:ALGN) 6.21%

  • Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) 6.19%

  • ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:ON) 6.14%

  • Delta Air Strains Inc. (NYSE:DAL) 6.07%

  • LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NYSE:LYB) 6.06%

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