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Hit by draining consumer and business confidence amid uncertainty about Washington's economic policies, Wall Street stock indexes are all tripping into the red for 2025 - with the slide stalling for now, awaiting megacap Nvidia's earnings today. U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated at its sharpest pace in 3-1/2 years in February, with 12-month inflation expectations surging amid worries that tariffs on imports would raise prices for households.

The modest reaction across bond markets, typically unnerved by higher spending, as defence talks gathered pace this month suggests investors view increased borrowing as manageable so far. They say it also suggests markets expect some form of joint European funding again, five years after the European Union launched an 800 billion euro ($840 billion) pandemic recovery fund. Late last year investors saw joint borrowing from the EU itself as less likely.

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EV maker Lucid Motors' stock popped after hours following the company's better-than-expected results and a change at the top of its management.

Washington's push to swiftly end the conflict in Ukraine has sparked speculation that Western brands may want to return to Russia, but from fashion to cars, the markets they vacated now look more competitive than three years ago. As Ukraine marked the anniversary of Russian troops flooding across its border, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that the conflict could end within weeks, though it is not yet clear how. Western sanctions that complicate cross-border payments and trade flows would probably need softening for companies to return in large numbers.

Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Wix (NASDAQ:WIX) and the best and worst performers in the e-commerce software industry.