Advanced ➔ Results Market ExtraThe stock-market rally is broadening beyond Big. Will consumer stocks bounce back in the second half of the year.
Can’t take all the credit for the stock market’s record rally into a ‘broader, healthier market’ heading into the second half of 2025Published: July 6, 2025 at 8:30 a.
ETResizeListen(8 min)The S&P 500’s consumer-discretionary sector logged its worst first-half performance in three years, but a look beneath the surface shows the story wasn’t so bleak.
Photo: MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphotoAfter months of leadership by megacap nology stocks, Wall Street kicked off the second half of 2025 with a powerful, yet potentially healthier, shift in the U.
Stock market, as the rally has broadened.
From cyclicals to small caps, more stocks have been joining the charge that has sent the S&P 500 SPX and the Nasdaq Composite COMP to new all-time highs, suggesting that this market’s recovery from April lows may have deeper roots than many anticipated.
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