S&P 500 slides from record | Coinbase’s debut on the Nasdaq | March retail sales expected to surge

Markets ended Wednesday on a mixed note. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.99%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped nearly 54 points.

VIEW IN BROWSER | SUBSCRIBE WED, APR 14, 2021 EVENING BRIEF AS OF WED, APR 14, 2021 • 04:45 ET DJIA 33730.89 +0.16% +53.62 S&P 500 4124.66 -0.41% -16.93 NASDAQ 13857.84 -0.99% -138.26   Most Active DOW NAME LAST CHG %CHG AAPL 132.03 -2.40 -1.79% INTC 64.19 -1.03 -1.58% MSFT 255.59 -2.90 -1.12% S&P 500 NAME LAST CHG %CHG AAPL 132.03 -2.40 -1.79% WFC 41.99 +2.20 +5.53% GE 13.68 +0.24 +1.79% NASDAQ NAME LAST CHG %CHG AAPL 132.03 -2.40 -1.79% TSLA 732.23 -30.09 -3.95% AMD 78.55 -1.64 -2.05%   EDITOR'S NOTE Markets ended Wednesday on a mixed note. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite declined 0.99%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed nearly 54 points.   The major story today centered on the worlds of old finance and new finance: Goldman Sachs and Coinbase.   Goldman led the Dow, as its share price climbed following strong first-quarter earnings.   The investment bank surpassed analysts' forecasts with per-share earnings of $18.60, compared to the $10.22 estimate from analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. That's an increase of 498% from a year ago.   Meanwhile, cryptocurrency platform Coinbase made its debut on the Nasdaq this afternoon.   The company's share price soared past its reference price of $250, touched a high of $429.54, and then curtailed its gains to $328.28. Bitcoin enjoyed a similar run-up in value today, touching a fresh intraday all-time high of $64,841 this morning, before coming back down to about $62,000 around 4:30 p.m. ET, according to Coin Metrics.   Billionaire Mike Novogratz is looking past Coinbase's performance on its debut, predicting that bitcoin is in for massive growth into the future.   "The amount of growth that we're going to see in our space is staggering," he said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" today. "We're just getting started." Darla Mercado | CNBC Markets and Investing Editor @Darla_Mercado TOP NEWS  S&P 500 falls from record as tech weakness offsets rally in bank shares, Nasdaq closes 1% lower Coinbase closes at $328.28 in Nasdaq debut, valuing crypto exchange at $85.8 billion Jamie Dimon says U.S. consumers are 'coiled, ready to go' with $2 trillion more in checking accounts Moderna hopes to have Covid booster shot for its vaccine ready by the fall, CEO says Bernie Madoff, mastermind of the nation's biggest investment fraud, dies at 82 A couple major analysts see a winning trade in Apple ahead of earnings Airlines are on the path to recovery. Here's what to watch when they report quarterly results The economy is running on a stimulus-fueled caffeine high. What will happen when it wears off? March retail sales are expected to have surged as consumers spent $1,400 checks 'We're just getting started' — Novogratz says bitcoin value only a fraction of global wealth   TOP VIDEO Coinbase co-founder on the potential for cryptocurrency to grow   CNBC PRO Goldman says copper is the new oil, raises price forecast to $11,000 per metric ton   SPECIAL REPORTS IRS is probing the dark web to look for cryptocurrency and NFT tax evasion, says IRS commissioner Coinbase's first employee in 2013 cold-emailed the founders for a job — and was paid in bitcoin for 3 years   Unsubscribe Manage Newsletters Terms of Service Join the CNBC Panel Digital Products Feedback Privacy Policy   © 2021 CNBC LLC. All rights reserved. A property of NBCUniversal. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes and Market Data and Analysis. Data also provided by THOMSON REUTERS