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Major Indexes Finish Mixed as President Holds Firm on Latest Trade Deal Deadline (WSJ. 20250708)

Major indexes were mixed today after the President declared that he would hold firm on his latest deadline of August 1st for trade deals. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 166 points to close at 44,241. The S&P was down nearly four and a half points, and the Nasdaq rose almost six points. US copper prices soared to a new all time high after President Trump said Washington will slap imports of the metal with a 50% tariff. Futures contracts for copper, key for electrical wiring motors and more jumped 13% in the largest single day price surge in records going back to 1968. That's according to Dow Jones market data. Among individual companies, solar stocks fell today after The White House said it would enforce the halt to clean electricity tax credits faster than expected. Sunrun shares closed down 11.4%. Enphase Energy stocks dropped 3.5% and First Solar ended the day down 6.5%. Amazon's Prime Day event began today. According to eMarketer, the sale is expected to bring in a record 12.9 billion in the US. That's up 53% from last year. Shares slipped nearly 2%, and Samsung Electronics expects quarterly operating profit to fall by more than half from a year earlier, the South Korean company was hurt by US trade curbs on China and delayed sales of AI chips to Nvidia shares edge lower by almost half a percent.

트럼프가 무역 협상 기한인 8월 1일을 고수하겠다고 말하면서 미 증시가 혼조세임. 트럼프가 수입되는 금속에 50% 관세를 부과하겠다고 발표하면서 구리 가격이 사상 최대치를 기록함. 구리 선물 가격은 13% 증가하며 1968년 이후 최고치를 기록함. 한편, 미 정부가 재생에너지 세금 혜택 중단을 예상보다 앞당겨 태양광 주식(예: Sunrun, Enphase Energy, First Solar)이 하락함. 한편, Amazon's Prime Day 행사가 오늘 시작함. 예상 매출은 미국에서만 129억 달러로, 전년대비 53% 증가한 것임. 한편, 삼성전자가 분기 영업이익이 전년 대비 절반일 것이라고 예상함. 삼성전자는 미국의 중국에 대한 무역 규제와 엔비디아에 대한 AI 반도체 판매 지연을 원인으로 꼽음. 삼성전자 주식은 약 0.5% 하락함