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Wall Street ends flat ahead of long weekend
NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended nearly flat on Friday in a choppy session ahead of the long weekend, although all three major indexes posted losses for the week as fourth-quarter earnings season kicked off. Shares of chipmakers rose, with an index of semiconductors extending gains from Thursday. Big U.S. banks posted […]
Wall Street indexes finish higher with tech, Walmart
NEW YORK, Jan 12 (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Dow registered record closing highs on Monday, with shares of technology companies and retailer Walmart gaining and as investors mostly brushed aside concerns about the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Technology was among the day’s biggest sector gainers. Shares […]
Wall Street ends mixed as tech dips, defense stocks rally
Jan 8 (Reuters) – Wall Street ended mixed on Thursday, as Nvidia and other technology stocks dipped, while defense companies advanced after President Donald Trump called for an enlarged $1.5 trillion military budget. Nvidia, Broadcom and Microsoft declined. A drop in the S&P 500 technology index left it down about 1% so far in 2026, as investors grew […]
S&P 500 reaches record high as AI trade returns
The S&P 500 hit a record high as Nvidia, Alphabet and other AI stocks climbed, while the Dow fell on JPMorgan losses.
Chip stocks jump on AI optimism; Dow ends at record high
Wall Street ends higher as chip stocks rally on AI optimism, Moderna jumps and the Dow reaches a record high.
S&P 500, Nasdaq end flat in holiday-thin trade, Meta gains on deal
NEW YORK, Dec 30 (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed little changed in choppy trading on Tuesday, as gains in communication services stocks were offset by declines in technology and financial stocks, with financials also weighing on the Dow. Communication services shares were among the biggest gainers on the S&P 500, fueled […]
US stocks end down as tech shares drop ahead of New Year
NEW YORK, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes ended lower on Monday, kicking off the final week of the year on a softer note, as heavyweight technology stocks retreated from last week’s gains that had pushed the S&P 500 to record highs. The information technology sector weighed on the S&P 500, as most […]
Wall Street advances with broad gains, tech gains continue
NEW YORK, Dec 22 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed higher to kick off the holiday-shortened trading week on Monday, buoyed partly by a continued rebound by technology stocks in a broad advance that saw gains among almost all of the 11 S&P 500 sectors. The bounce in tech names began late last week and was […]
Dow, S&P 500 hit records despite AI stock slump
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street set records on Thursday, even as a sell-off for Oracle and worries about a potential bubble in artificial-intelligence technology weighed on the market. The S&P 500 inched up 0.2% and eked past its prior all-time closing high, which was set in October. The Dow Jones Industrial leaped 646 points, or 1.3%, to top its […]
US stocks rise after the Fed cuts rates and hopes build for more
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose to the edge of its record on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut its main interest rate to bolster the job market, and hopes strengthened for more cuts to come in 2026. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7% and finished just shy of its all-time high, which […]
Stocks slip as S&P 500 pulls back from record high
U.S. stocks fell from record levels as Treasury yields rose ahead of the Fed meeting, with the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq all edging lower.
US stocks hover near records as S&P 500 edges up
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market held near its records in a quiet day of trading on Thursday, continuing its relatively calm run following weeks of sharp and scary swings. The S&P 500 inched up by 0.1% and is just 0.5% below its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 31 points, or 0.1%, and the Nasdaq […]
