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Wall Street kicked off May on a split note Thursday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite surging to fresh record closes while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged behind. The session was driven by a blowout earnings report from Apple and renewed optimism around easing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East — a combination…

U.S. stocks surged Thursday as a wave of blockbuster earnings reports from corporate heavyweights overwhelmed lingering geopolitical jitters and sent the S&P 500 above the 7,200 level for the first time. Caterpillar, Alphabet, Eli Lilly, and Qualcomm all delivered blowout quarters, giving investors the confidence to push equities higher despite a mixed macroeconomic backdrop. The…

U.S. stocks finished mixed on Wednesday as investors digested a contentious Federal Reserve rate decision, rising oil prices tied to the Iran standoff, and a massive wave of after-hours earnings from four of the Magnificent Seven. The Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its losing streak to five sessions, weighed down by energy-driven inflation fears, while…

U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday as a leaked internal report from OpenAI rattled the artificial intelligence trade and sent semiconductor and cloud-infrastructure names sliding. The selloff was concentrated in technology, where fears about the sustainability of AI spending overwhelmed an otherwise solid batch of corporate earnings. Defensive pockets of the market held up better,…

U.S. stocks finished Monday’s session in mixed fashion as investors weighed strong earnings results against renewed geopolitical anxiety in the Middle East. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both closed at record highs, buoyed by a powerful rally in semiconductor and telecom shares, but gains across the broader market were capped after reports that U.S.-Iran…

U.S. stocks finished the week on a split note Friday as a powerful rally in semiconductor shares propelled the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite to new all-time highs, while the Dow slipped modestly. Intel’s blowout first-quarter earnings report was the catalyst, triggering a broad-based buying spree across the chip sector that extended the Philadelphia…

U.S. stocks retreated on Thursday as a sharp selloff in software shares and surging crude oil prices gave investors reason to book profits after the previous session’s rally to all-time highs. The S&P 500 had just notched a fresh record on Wednesday following President Trump’s extension of the ceasefire with Iran, but optimism faded quickly…

U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday as President Trump’s decision to indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran removed a key overhang that had weighed on markets the day before. The move eased fears of a return to hostilities just hours before the truce was set to expire, sending crude oil lower and giving risk appetite a…

U.S. stocks closed in the red on Tuesday as investors weighed the looming expiration of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, a surprise leadership change at Apple, and the Senate confirmation hearing for Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh. While a blockbuster earnings report from UnitedHealth Group provided a bright spot, it was not enough to offset broader…

U.S. stocks slipped on Monday as renewed geopolitical friction between the United States and Iran rattled investor confidence and sent crude oil prices sharply higher. Just days after Friday’s relief rally — fueled by optimism that the Strait of Hormuz was reopening to commercial traffic — the situation reversed over the weekend when the U.S.…