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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 […]
S&P 500 notches record high close driven by Broadcom, other chipmakers
S&P 500 closed at a record as chip stocks surged and a weak jobs report kept expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts intact.
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 dip to start 2026 after last year’s robust gains
Jan 2 (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq pared early gains and then dipped on Friday in the first session of the new year, with declines in communications and consumer discretionary stocks dragging the indexes which notched double-digit gains in 2025. Industrials were up 1% and utilities gained 1.3%, the top boosts to […]
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 […]
Stocks rise on Wall Street as AI stocks turn higher again
US stocks rose Friday, with tech and AI shares lifting the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to weekly gains, even as investors weighed inflation, tariffs and slowing growth.
Investors eager for delayed data to shed light on US economy
Delayed U.S. jobs and inflation reports will give markets fresh clarity after a government shutdown as investors assess Fed policy and year-end risks.
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 […]
