Wall Street: US-Börsen legen leicht zu – Erzeugerpreise steigen weiter

Wall Street has largely recovered from the departure of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, with markets showing only minor movements at the opening of trading on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained unchanged at 52,253 points. The S&P 500, a broader index, slipped almost 1% to 7,528 points. The technology-focused Nasdaq index fell by 1.5%, closing at 25,010. Among the 100 largest non-financial companies by market capitalization, the Nasdaq 100 experienced the steepest decline, settling at 27,751 points.

The most significant data point ahead of the weekend is the US producer price index for October, which increased by 0.3% compared to September, according to the US Labor Department. Economists had forecast a rise of 0.4%. In September, producer prices rose by 1.4%, compared to a 6.5% increase in October 2025. However, this represented the highest value since November 2022.

Experts had predicted a 6.6% increase, so the lower-than-expected figures did not cause significant market movements. Higher inflation could have pushed interest rate expectations upward. Producer price data often serves as an early indicator of consumer price developments.

Although no year-over-year inflation was recorded in October due to the government shutdown caused by the fiscal dispute in the previous month, analysts estimate that the consumer price index may edge closer to the 4% mark. Consumer prices rose by 0.4% in September, slightly more than anticipated.