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What stands out

Wall Street closed mixed Friday as Boeing and Coca-Cola rallies offset a slide in chip stocks while investors leaned forward for Apple’s quarterly report. The Reuters snapshot matters because it shows a market splitting attention between visible profit momentum in industrials and steady consumer staples, and a tech sector that has already priced in a lot of hope. Apple’s short-term strength on the tape sits next to only modest year-over-year revenue growth, so earnings could quickly shift the narrative.