Wall Street is drifting Wednesday as gains for most stocks outweigh drops for Alphabet and some other big-name companies following their latest profit reports. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in late trading.

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.

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks pulled back from their all-time high on Friday as they closed out a second straight winning week . The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% a day after setting a record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 140 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.5%.

Asian shares are trading mostly higher after a Wall Street rally that followed profit reports from major companies.

Most Wall Street analysts expect shares of Nvidia and Lam Research to soar in 2025. Nvidia's leadership in artificial intelligence accelerators is supported by an unparalleled software development platform.

Wall Street rebounds as tech stocks stabilize following AI-related sell-off, with mixed results in other sectors.

Wall Street is mixed in light trading early as anxiety dissipated somewhat after President Donald Trump agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada

Some calm is returning to Wall Street, and U.S. stock indexes are making only modest moves after much of Europe and Asia rose earlier in the day

Calm returned to Wall Street, and tech stocks led U.S. indexes higher after a strong profit report from Palantir Technologies, which is benefiting from the AI boom.

Asia markets are mostly higher on Friday following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit reports. Japan's core inflation rate, a key indicator of national trends,