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The tape split on Wednesday. The Dow rose 0.49% (about +263 points) to a fresh record close of 54,349.12, but the S&P 500 slipped 0.17% to 7,723.55 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 0.83% to 26,363.44; small caps eased 0.59%. SpaceX, in its…
Stocks climbed again on Tuesday, and the milestones piled up. The S&P 500 rose 1.8% to a record 7,736.52, its first record high in two months; the Dow jumped about 907 points (+1.7%) to close above 54,000 for the first time; the Nasdaq led…
Stocks rallied broadly to start August, and this time the whole market came along. The Dow closed at a record 53,178.41 (+1.3%), the S&P 500 topped 7,600 for the first time (7,601.41, +1.5%), the Nasdaq led (+2.1%) and even small caps rose…
Markets closed out a wild July on a narrow high Friday, and now attention turns to a jobs-heavy week. The S&P 500 (7,489.72) still reflects Friday's close, with U.S. markets reopening Monday. Five labor-market readings are due, capped by…
Stocks closed out a wild July on a high note Friday, but it was a narrow win. Amazon soared about 15% after its AWS cloud business posted its fastest growth in years, helping lift the S&P 500 (+0.7%) to 7,489.72, the Nasdaq (+1.0%) and the…
Stocks closed out a wild July on a high note Friday, but it was a narrow win. Amazon soared about 15% after its AWS cloud business posted its fastest growth in years, helping lift the S&P 500 (+0.7%) to 7,489.72, the Nasdaq (+1.0%) and the…
A powerful rebound on Thursday: stocks more than erased Wednesday's selloff, led by a historic surge in Microsoft, which jumped 15.5% and added a record ~$450 billion in market value after proving its AI spending is paying off. The Nasdaq…
A hard risk-off day on Wednesday: the Federal Reserve held rates steady but three officials dissented in favor of a hike — the most in nearly a decade — landing a “hawkish hold” just as Iran ended a ceasefire and oil jumped more than 6%…
A split market on Tuesday: the Dow jumped about 537 points (+1.03%) on a wave of strong earnings, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped (−0.22%) as chip stocks stayed soft — the S&P 500 (+0.21%) and small caps (+0.20%) landed in between. Oil…
Oil tumbled about 8% to the low-$80s on Monday as the U.S.–Iran strike pause held, dragging bond yields lower and setting a calmer tone. Stocks finished mostly higher — the Dow and small caps led while the Nasdaq slipped again on soft…
Oil gapped lower and stock futures pointed higher after a U.S.–Iran strike pause held over the weekend, easing bond yields just as the Federal Reserve heads into a closer-than-usual rate decision Wednesday — inside the busiest earnings…
A weekend look-back at Friday's split market: blue-chip stocks rose while AI-chip names fell on spending fears, and both oil and bond yields eased — with the Federal Reserve's rate decision now the big event of the week ahead.
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