U.S. stock indexes are holding relatively steady on Friday following a mixed report on the U.S. job market that analysts said may not change much for financial markets. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in early trading and remained on track for a modest gain for the week.

Wall Street is mixed in light trading early as anxiety dissipated somewhat after President Donald Trump agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada

NEW YORK (AP) — Some calm is returning to Wall Street Tuesday, and U.S. stock indexes are making only modest moves in early trading after much of Europe and Asia rose earlier in the day.

Wall Street shifted lower in early trading Wednesday as markets took in more corporate earnings reports while considering the impact of tariffs being imposed by the United States and China.

Palantir Technologies ( PLTR -4.48%) was one of the hottest artificial intelligence stocks on the market last year. Its 340% return in 2024 made it the single best-performing member of the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC -1.46%). However, Dan Ives at Wedbush Securities sees the stock moving even higher. And he recently gave shareholders two reasons to be thrilled:

Asian shares are trading mostly higher after a Wall Street rally that followed profit reports from major companies.

Technology stocks were rocked to their core Monday after claims made by a Chinese start-up threatened to upend the existing artificial intelligence (AI) paradigm.

U.S. stocks are slipping Friday after a discouraging report suggested U.S. consumers are bracing for higher inflation, while a separate update gave a mixed picture of the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 was 0.

The latest consumer sentiment data showed near-term inflation expectations rose to their highest level since November 2023.

U.S. stock indexes are holding relatively steady following a mixed report on the job market that analysts said may not change much for financial markets. The S&P 500 was up