S&P 500 closes higher Friday as Amazon surges; Dow posts fourth straight winning month: Live updates

Cnbc · Jul 30, 2026 · 4689 words · By Liz Napolitano; Hugh Leask; Lee Ying Shan; Yun Li

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initial public offering (IPO) ceremony on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, July 31, 2026.

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What happened

initial public offering (IPO) ceremony on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, July 31, 2026.

Why it matters

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The major averages were markedly higher Friday, the last trading session in July, as investors looked past rising bond yields and Amazon shares jumped.

Common ground

The 30-year Treasury bond yield spiked to its highest levels since 2007 this week.

Perspective signals

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that the stock closed below its $23 IPO price during its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday. The stock tumbled almost 6% on Thursday, closing at $21.63?
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Claim 1: “the stock closed below its $23 IPO price during its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday. The stock tumbled almost 6% on Thursday, closing at $21.63.”

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Claim 2: “Shares of Novo Nordisk fell as much as 10% on Friday after the drugmaker said a late-stage heart drug trial failed to reduce major adverse cardiovascular events, or MACE, compared to a placebo.”

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Claim 3: “The biotechnology company reported earnings of $1.97 per share”

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Claim 4: “Apple, in contrast, was more than 7% lower.”

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One source states Apple stock fell more than 5 percent, and another (The Motley Fool) explicitly lists AAPL at -7.35%.

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web search NEUTRAL — View live Apple Inc chart to track its stock's price action. Find market predictions, AAPL financials and market news.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-AAPL/

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web search NEUTRAL — AAPL | Complete Apple Inc. stock news by MarketWatch. View real-time stock prices and stock quotes for a full financial overview.1 hour ago on Motley Fool. Stock Market News for July 29, 2026.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/aapl

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web search NEUTRAL — 00:10:07 - Tech stocks lead Asia stock gains 00:15:06 - Apple, Amazon earnings in focus with Lopez Research's Maribel Lopez 00:32:20 - ChinaAMC Hong Kong's Serene Cai on China's bond market 00:39:28 -…
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Claim 5: “The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield topped 4.7% on the day, its highest level since January 2025.”

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One source explicitly states the 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.70% on July 30, 2026, and another source confirms it jumped to its highest level since January 2025.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments. The treasury …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
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Claim 6: “SpaceX lost over 36% of its value in the last month.”

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Claim 7: “Amazon surged 15% after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter revenue.”

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The provided evidence mentions Amazon in a 'PreMarket Playbook' and quarterly results, but does not explicitly state a 15% surge on July 31, 2026, due to Q2 revenue.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amazon has been criticized on many issues, including anti-competitive business practices, its treatment of workers, offering counterfeit or plagiarized products, objectionable content of its books, ta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Amazon

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Exemplar Luxury Group (formerly Saks Global Holdings LLC until June 2026) is an American holding company of department stores and commercial property. It owns the full-line luxury stores Bergdorf Good…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the first presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2018, from April 1 to June 30, 2018. For a complete itinerary of his travels, see List of presidential …
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Claim 8: “Traders work during the Reformation Inc. initial public offering (IPO) ceremony on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, July 31, 2026.”

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The claim states the IPO ceremony was on Friday, July 31, 2026. However, the CNBC evidence explicitly states the IPO occurred on 'Thursday, July 30, 2026'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AT&T Inc., an abbreviation of its predecessor's original name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications company headquartered at the Whitacre Tower…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The clothing retailer wove its brand voice through every step of its listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Reformation Inc. signage as traders work during the company's initial public offering (IPO) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, July 30, 2026.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/reformation-ipo-public-nyse-…

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Claim 9: “The firm's fiscal third-quarter revenue topped expectations, helped by a 22% jump in iPhone sales”

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Multiple sources confirm Apple's fiscal Q3 2026 results beat expectations and specifically highlight a 22% jump in iPhone sales.

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web search NEUTRAL — Apple’s Fiscal Q3 2026 Reveals Earnings Beat But Dismal Guidance. On July 30, Apple announced its fiscal third-quarter results for 2026, surpassing analyst projections for both revenue and profit.
https://www.rswebsols.com/news/apple-reports-q3-2026-earning…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apple (AAPL -7.35%) continued its streak of strong iPhone sales during its fiscal third quarter, but the stock fell as service revenue and China sales came up short of expectations. Nonetheless, the s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apple also showed annual increases in sales for all of its regional areas. For example, sales in the Americas were up 11.12% year-over-year to $45.78 billion. European revenue increased a whopping 22.…
https://www.phonearena.com/news/apples-shares-collapse-after…

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Claim 10: “The U.S. dollar is close to the session low against the Japanese yen at 158.15.”

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Claim 11: “The 30-year Treasury bond yield spiked to its highest levels since 2007 this week.”

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Multiple web search results confirm the 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2007, with one source specifically mentioning a peak of 5.244% and another mentioning 5.28%.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The exchequer secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial post in His Majesty's Treasury, ranked below the First Lord of the Treasury, the chancellor of the Exchequer, the chief secretary to the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — July 31 is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 153 days remain until the end of the year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Treasury securities, also called Treasuries or Treasurys, are government debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to finance government spending as a suppl…
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Claim 12: “The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.53%, or about 276.97 points, to finish at 52,485.03.”

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Claim 13: “The employment cost index increased 0.9% for the April-through-June period”

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Claim 14: “The Nasdaq-100 fell approximately 7% in July, recording its steepest monthly decline since March 2025, when it lost 7.69%.”

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Claim 15: “The federal government is working on deals with at least 14 companies that have financial ties to the Trump or Lutnick families”

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Claim 16: “the S&P 500 dropped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq fell 3.2%. The Dow was up 0.3% in July”

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Claim 17: “Italy's state-backed Leonardo hiked its full-year guidance after reporting a 45% rise in new orders in the first six months of the year.”

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Claim 18: “the stock is now on track to rise more than 20% in July. That's the biggest rise in a single month since October 2007 for shares of Microsoft.”

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Claim 19: “Moderna fell more than 6% in pre-market trading Friday after reporting its second-quarter earnings”

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Claim 20: “The Dow was up about 1% for the week, along with the S&P 500. The Nasdaq Composite climbed about 1.6%.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the weekly percentage gains for the Dow, S&P 500, or Nasdaq for the week ending July 31, 2026.

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Claim 21: “the aerospace manufacturer and stock also fell from its June high of $225.64 to $113.50 last Monday”

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Claim 22: “Chevron's net income soared to $12 billion, a nearly 400% increase compared to $2.5 billion in the same period last year.”

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Claim 23: “The S&P 500 settled up 0.7% to 7,489.72, while the Nasdaq Composite surged 1% to end the session at 25,373.85.”

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Claim 24: “Moderna lowered its R&D target for the current year to $2.9 billion”

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Claim 25: “Democratic senators on Friday demanded information on more than a dozen critical mineral deals with the federal government that potentially benefit the families of President Donald Trump or Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.”

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Claim 26: “The U.K.'s blue chip FTSE 100 index has hit a new all-time high at 10,981.83 points”

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Claim 27: “It was last up about 4 basis points on the day at 5.25%.”

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While evidence confirms the 30-year yield was high (around 5.20% to 5.28%), there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming it was exactly 5.25% on July 31, 2026.

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Claim 28: “South Korea's Kospi surged 17.9% to clock its best day on record, closing at 6,595.45”

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Claim 29: “The Survey of Consumers posted a 55.2 reading for the end of the month, rising 11.5% from a month ago”

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Claim 30: “The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) was last lower by 16.9% month to date.”

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Claim 31: “Shares of Replimune surged 133% after a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee backed the results of the clinical-stage biotechnology company's skin care trial.”

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Claim 32: “Iran's army said on Friday it had launched attacks on strategic U.S. assets and military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain”

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Claim 33: “Microsoft — which jumped 16% after the software giant posted stronger-than-expected Azure cloud growth.”

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Two independent web search results confirm Microsoft shares jumped 16% following strong Azure cloud growth (43%).

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Key Points Microsoft shares jumped more than 16% after fiscal fourth-quarter results showed Azure cloud growth of 43%, beating estimates and prior guidance. Microsoft's capital expenditur…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · A rally in tech stocks propelled US indexes on Thursday, with Microsoft Corp. soaring 16% after posting strong earnings, its best day since October 2008.
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Claim 34: “the Dow plunged more than 1,100 points, its worst one-day decline since April 2025.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a Dow plunge of 1,100 points on July 29, 2026.

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