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Weekly Market Commentary: Equity Markets Mixed as Shutdown Ends

11/17/25

Sunflower Bank Weekly Market Commentary: November 17, 2025

Each week, our Wealth Management team analyzes the U.S. stock market and bond market activity and news of the previous week, summarizing their findings into a weekly market update report. The key points of this week's commentary, "Equity Markets Mixed as Shutdown Ends," include:

  • The S&P 500 Index ended the week essentially unchanged while the Nasdaq 100 (-0.2%) and Russell 2000 (-1.8%) both declined.
  • The longest ever government shutdown ended after Congress passed a spending bill. Now that the government has reopened, federal agencies can resume reporting economic data, which was curtailed during the shutdown.
  • 3Q25 earnings season has all but wrapped up with 92% of companies in the S&P 500 Index having reported results. According to Factset, analysts are now expecting 3Q earnings to grow +13.1% year-over-year, up from the +7.9% growth rate expected prior to the reporting period. If remaining results come in as expected, EPS for the Index will have grown at a double-digit rate for the fourth consecutive quarter. 

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