Wall Street stock indexes slipped in morning trading after the first wave of major bank earnings of the season. Here’s what we’re watching in Friday’s trading:
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JPMorgan Chase
JPM -1.30%
reported a 14% drop in quarterly profit, though the slowdown didn’t stop the bank from setting a record for annual profit.
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Wells Fargo
WFC -1.25%
said its profit soared 86% in the final three months of 2021.
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BlackRock
BLK -0.73%
posted higher quarterly profit, as market gains lifted the investment firm’s assets under management above $10 trillion.
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Citigroup
C -0.52%
reported fourth-quarter profit fell 26%. The bank also exited more Asian consumer-banking operations, as Singapore’s UOB will pay a $690 million premium for the regional businesses.
- Dogecoin climbed 13% after Elon Musk tweeted that some
Tesla
TSLA -4.93%
merchandise was available for purchase with the cryptocurrency. Items priced in dogecoin on the site included a belt buckle, a whistle and a child-sized ATV.
- Shares of casino operators
Las Vegas Sands
LVS -3.19%
and
Wynn Resorts
WYNN -2.41%
jumped after Macau released a new draft law that would cut the tenure for new casino licenses in half and require operations to align with China’s national security needs, but wouldn’t reduce the number of licenses in the lucrative gambling hub.
- Shares of Covid-19 vaccine makers
Novavax
NVAX 2.77%
and
Moderna
MRNA 0.56%
slipped after the Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccine-or-testing rules for large private employers.
Chart of the Day
- The flagship fund of Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global Investors was among those suffering a reversal last year as stocks of technology and other fast-growing companies sold off.
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