CNBC Business News Update - Market Close: Stocks Higher, Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, Nvidia Pops On A Report China Export Restrictions Could Be Lifted 5/7/25

Episode Date: May 7, 2025

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I'm Jessica Edinger CNBC. The Fed holds interest rates steady and Wall Street opens Thursday morning after a winning Wednesday. The Dow was up 284 points, seven tenths of a percent led higher by shares of Disney, which were up almost 11%. The S&P 500 index was up 24 points. The NASDAQ added 48 points. Companies who shares at fresh all-time highs Wednesday include Netflix, Zin, nicotine pouch maker Philip Morris, and Cardinal Health. Investors were heartened by word that government officials from the US and China will meet in Switzerland this weekend

with trade on the table. Nvidia shares popped 3% on a report that President Trump will end restrictions on chip shipments to China. You know, we would not get overly obsessed with the daily news flow because it's been exceptionally erratic. Some days the negotiations are on, some days the negotiations are off.

We would not try to trade this market on a hour by hour basis because we think it's virtually impossible. Matrix assets David Katz on CNBC. The Fed held interest rates steady as the Fed chair said the economy is in a good place while talking about the risks of higher inflation and higher unemployment, describing the ingredients for stagflation without actually saying that word.

We see sentiment, there are concerns that higher prices may be coming. They're worried now about inflation. They're worried about, you know, a shock from the tariffs, but that shock hasn't hit yet. So, you know, we're going to be looking at the real economic data, higher unemployment, and the other would be potentially higher inflation. Fed Chair Jay Powell, Google parent Alphabet shares dropped 7% after Apple said, AI will replace old line search engines. Google pays Apple a lot of money every year to make sure that Google is the default search engine on Apple products.

For the first time, Google finds itself competing in core search. It never had to compete before. And so Google came public 21 years ago. They had dominant market share and they never lost it. This was in the bag. Basically Google could go into any business that they wanted to go into because they had a money printing machine in the basement and it was never in question. Ritholtz-Welz, Josh Brown on CNBC. Disney announced a theme park in the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi, along with quarterly results

that beat estimates. Here's Disney CEO Bob Iger on CNBC. About 500 million people that are income qualified, meaning they can afford to visit one of our parks, live within a four hour plane trip. When you consider Abu Dhabi, they love Disney. This is the right place. By the time it opens will be the right time. And this is a really a momentous occasion for the Walt Disney Company. Iger says it

takes about two years to design a theme park and five years to build it. A surprising increase in mortgage applications by would be home buyers last week. Even with lingering economic uncertainty. Applications to buy were 13% higher than the same week a year ago. The average rate on a 30-year fixed home loan on Wednesday 6.86%, according to Mortgage News Daily. Danish jewelry brand Pandora warning of significant tariff-fueled price increases. It sources much

Asia. On thursday's watch from Anheuser Bush Warner Paramount and lift CNBC wi live at the port of Long to check on imports amid arriving with less than full containers. Jessica Ettinger, CNBC.