Banking giant sets new bullish S&P 500 2026 target

Banking giant Barclays has raised its 2025 year-end target for the S&P 500 to 6,450 from 6,050, marking its second upward revision in three months.The new target implies a 1.5% drop from the index’s current value of 6,547.S&P 500 one-day chart. Source: Google FinanceNotably, Barclays’ strategists cited stronger-than-expected corporate earnings, resilient U.S. economic growth, and investor optimism around artificial intelligence as the main drivers of the outlook.The index, which had dipped in April after Pr ...