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.

Google's parent company and other tech stocks are weighing on a mixed Wall Street Wednesday as the focus swings back toward how much profit businesses are making. Alphabet fell 8.8% even though Google’s parent company reported stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.

Shown below are year-end targets for the S&P 500 in 2025 set by various Wall Street banks and research firms. The chart also shows the implied upside or downside from the index's current level of 6,039. The list is by no means comprehensive, but most analysts expect the S&P 500 to move higher.

Calm returned to Wall Street Tuesday, and tech stocks led U.S. indexes higher following a strong profit report from Palantir Technologies, a darling benefiting from the artificial-intelligence boom. The S&P 500 rose 0.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting around a record on Friday as they head for the close of a second straight winning week.

Tech stocks are leading Wall Street lower as attention swings back toward how much profits companies are making and away from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% in early trading Wednesday following mixed trading in Europe and Asia.