Stock Market Today: Dow Racks Up Gains as 'Solid' Apple Results Revive Tech Bids By

By Yasin Ebrahim

-- The download the latest version of mt4Dow delivered swashbuckling gains Friday as a rally in Apple on “solid” quarterly results revived investor appetite for big tech just as bets on the Federal Reserve reining its aggressive plans to hike rates gather momentum. 

The rose 2.5%, the gained 2.6% or 828 points, and the was up 2.9%.

Apple (NASDAQ:) rose more than 7% after its topped estimates, lifting the broader tech sector in what has been a “horror show week for Big Tech earnings [this week],” Wedbush said in a note.

“iPhone demand was relatively strong despite the macro with a heavy iPhone 14 Pro mix seen in the quarter,” Wedbush added, though cut its price target on the tech giant to $200 from $220.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:), meanwhile, moved off session lows to end the day about 6% lower after its third-quarter revenue of estimates. “The Q4 ’22 operating income guidance [from Amazon] came in about $1bn lower than expected at the high end of the range,” Goldman Sachs said in a note.

Tech was also helped by an Intel-led (NASDAQ:) jump in chip stocks after the chipmaker’s topped Wall Street expectations and it outlined plans to cut costs over the coming years.

Oil majors (NYSE:) and (NYSE:) led the charge higher in energy after the duo reported better-than-expected quarterly results.  

In other news, Elon Musk completed his $44 billion deal to take (NYSE:) private, with the billionaire hinting at the completion in a tweet Thursday night saying, “the bird is freed.”

The ended the week back up above 4% despite economic data showing a slowdown in encouraged further bets on less hawkish Federal Reserve monetary policy action.

The core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, which excludes food and energy, in the 12 months through September, slower than the 5.2% predicted.

, meanwhile, remained robust, growing faster than expected in September, underpinned by falling gas prices.

The to hike rates by 0.75% next week, but many believe that the central bank could hint at slowing the pace of rate hikes at subsequent meetings. 

"We expect the FOMC to deliver a fourth 75bp rate hike at its November meeting, and indicate that it could soon be appropriate to step down the pace of hikes," Morgan Stanley said in a recent note.

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