TheDrop Market Analysis, 10/24/25

Stocks surged ahead of positive CPI report results for an upcoming interest rate cut.

Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell.

The S&P 500 index rose 0.79%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.01%, and the Nasdaq Composite surged 1.15%, leading all gains among top indexes. The Russell 2000, the smaller business index, rose 1.24%, reflecting the overall success among all types of tickers, small and large. The VIX volatility index, meanwhile, fell 5.38%.

Global stocks, particularly those in Europe and Asia, continued to tick higher as President Trump affirms of negotiations to commence with the People's Republic of China, and with his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping looming. The dollar strengthened while commodities weakened in corrective behavior.

Stocks generally ticked upward, capping this week of ups and downs with a strong finish; today's release of the long-anticipated Consumer Price Index (CPI) report indicated minimal shifts in price change, doing little in halting the momentum of confidence upward for a rate cut before the end of the year. In fact, 96% of betters anticipate an interest rate cut by December, most likely a 25-basis point one.

The Magnificent Seven lead gains within the Nasdaq, with Nvidia and Google rising by the highest margins, each over 2%.