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Wall Street Rebounds From Deep Losses as Dow Leads on Defensive Rotation United States stock indexes bounced back from deep early-session declines to close in positive territory. While the technology-heavy Nasdaq and the S&P 500 hovered near flat lines due to persistent artificial intelligence sector jitters, both managed to pare losses by the closing bell. The market stabilisation followed re...

Hot CPI Drives Tech-Led Selloff U.S. stocks closed lower, led by technology, after a hotter-than-expected September CPI report raised fears of another Fed rate hike. Headline CPI rose 3.7% year over year against a 3.6% forecast. Core CPI rose 0.3% on the month and 2.6% on the year, both above forecasts, suggesting price pressures are spreading beyond energy. Indexes erased their premarket gains. T...

Chip Rout and Bank Misses Cap Wall Street gains Major Wall Street benchmarks finished flat or slightly negative as investors evaluated the start of the corporate earnings season. Healthcare and manufacturing names like Johnson & Johnson and Caterpillar weighed heavily on the blue-chip Dow, offsetting initial optimism surrounding banking results. The S&P 500 finished essentially flat near 7...

Tech Slides on AI Valuation Worries as Treasury Yields Hit 5.3%, Oil Near $105 The technology sector experienced broad weakness today, causing the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite to finish modestly lower. Investors shifted focus into value-oriented sectors, allowing the blue-chip Dow Jones to log a positive gain. Warnings about artificial-intelligence sector valuations and a broader market ro...

OpenAI Revenue Shortfall Hits AI and Chip Stocks Technology and semiconductor shares sold off after OpenAI reported annualised revenue of about $50B, roughly $20B below expectations. The report deepened doubts over debt-funded AI infrastructure spending. The Nasdaq fell 1.25% to 27,193, and the S&P 500 lost 0.47% to 7,765, while the Dow edged up 0.09% to 51,225. Oracle slid about 5.5%, Micron...

Start of Earnings Season to Drive Markets as Interest Rate, Currency and Crude Worries Persist Major U.S. stock indexes retreated from their all-time highs as investors locked in gains. The Dow Jones dropped 0.66%, while both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.22% following their record-breaking sessions. This pullback was heavily driven by heightened energy price volatility and linge...

S&P 500 and Nasdaq reach historic heights as artificial intelligence trade re-ignites Major US stock indexes advanced as tech giants paced a broader market rally, sending the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to fresh closing records. The upward momentum was fueled by investor optimism surrounding artificial intelligence hardware leaders and upwardly revised corporate earnings expectations for...

Nasdaq Hits Record as Nvidia Leads Wall Street rallied on AI-linked strength, with the Nasdaq Composite rising 1.05% to a record close of 27,477, the S&P 500 gaining 0.66% to 7,774 and the Dow adding 0.18%. Nvidia closed at a record high, surpassing its mid-May peak and anchoring the tech advance ahead of earnings season, though elevated yields continued to weigh on non-AI sectors. The 10-year...

Nifty Tumbles to Five-Month Low on Rising Energy Prices & Rate Hike Fears. U.S. stocks closed mixed as an afternoon rally in Big Tech pared steeper earlier losses. The Dow fell 0.3% for a third straight decline, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed essentially flat as investors weighed surging Treasury yields against rising oil prices. Growth and tech names — most rate-sensitive — continued...

Wall Street Slides as Fed Hike Fears Return US equities fell sharply, snapping record runs, as the 10-year Treasury yield broke above 5%. The Nasdaq dropped 1.1% to 26,936, giving back its two prior record closes. The S&P 500 and Dow lost 0.8% and 0.7%. The Russell 2000 fell roughly 1%. A strong S&P Global flash PMI drove the move. The composite index rose to 58.4 in September from 56.0 in...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Longest Weekly Losing Streak for Nifty Since 2020 US equities ended a volatile week mixed as markets digested the Fed's rate hike. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.7% on dip-buying in mega-cap semiconductor and software stocks, while the Dow fell 1.7%, its steepest weekly drop since March, and the S&P 500 slipped marginally. Indices steadied late in the week af...

Technology stocks lead Wall Street higher as oil eases, Treasury yields dip U.S. stocks staged a sharp recovery yesterday, reversing the prior session's sell-off in a broad, tech-led rally. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.7% (adding nearly 440 points), the S&P 500 gained 1.1%, and the Dow rose 0.6%. The rebound was driven by falling Treasury yields and softer oil prices, which eased near-ter...

Nifty Plunges Below Key Support as Broad-Based Selling Intensifies U.S. stocks fell Tuesday as investors braced for the Federal Reserve's policy decision and Treasury yields surged to multiyear highs. The Nasdaq Composite lost 0.78%, the Dow slipped 0.63%, and the S&P 500 shed 0.45%, pressured by the 10-year Treasury yield's climb above 5.04%. Germany's 10-year Bund yield also rose...

US Stocks Fall on Oil, India GDP Tops Forecasts US indices ended lower on Monday as a rise in crude oil prices and renewed tensions in the Middle East revived inflation and higher-for-longer rate concerns. The S&P 500 declined 0.33% to 7,686, while the Nasdaq Composite was relatively resilient, slipping 0.12% to 26370. Positive economic data have fuelled discussions about the Federal Reserve&#...

Nvidia Earnings Spark Broad Technology Rally, Attention now turns to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Nvidia posted second-quarter earnings that crushed expectations, with revenue up 106% year over year. The results reassured investors on the durability of the AI boom, sending the tech sector up 3.4% and lifting major indices. Nvidia rose more than 4% intraday to $227.98 on strong guidance, pushing the S&amp...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Wall Street falls for third straight day as tech selloff deepens U.S. stocks extended losses for a third consecutive session, led lower by a sharp pullback in mega-cap technology and semiconductor names. The Nasdaq dropped 1.33%, the S&P 500 fell 0.69%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.22%, pulling all three benchmarks further from last week'...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary S&P 500 closes at record high as inflation cools The S&P 500 rose 0.7% to a record intraday and closing high of 7798; the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.8%. The rally followed July PPI report, which showed wholesale inflation cooling to 4.7% YoY — below expectations — cutting odds of a September Fed rate hike to 35% from 40% and pulling the 10-year Treasury yie...

Tame US CPI eases rate-hike fears, lifts risk appetite US headline CPI rose 3.4% YoY in July, matching consensus, cooling from June's 3.5%. Core CPI held at 2.5% YoY, also in line with forecasts. The soft print led markets to pare back bets on an aggressive Fed move at the September meeting, with gold rallying above $4,400 — a two-month high — on rising odds that the Fed holds rates steady. Th...

Wall Street edges lower ahead of critical inflation data U.S. benchmarks closed lower for a second straight session Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of the July CPI report. The S&P 500 fell 0.3%, the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.6% on weakness in large-cap tech, and the Dow lost 0.3%. Markets awaited the inflation print, expected to show 0.1% m/m headline growth and a 3.4% annual pace....

Wall Street Slips as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Resurface U.S. stocks pulled back from record highs Monday as renewed uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz reignited inflation fears ahead of this week's CPI report. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite all closed modestly lower, snapping a two-week rally that had carried the S&P to a record close near 7,758. AI...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Markets snap winning streak, focus turns to jobs report and Hormuz standoff Major U.S. indexes closed slightly lower Thursday, ending a multi-day winning streak as investors booked profits after recent record highs. The Dow fell 0.9%, weighed down by leadership changes and weak earnings at individual names; the S&P 500 slipped 0.2% for a second straight sessio...

U.S. Stocks Hit Record Highs on Earnings Strength, Easing Oil Prices The US markets closed at record highs Tuesday, with the S&P 500 up 1.8% — its first record close since June — and the Nasdaq Composite up 2.6%, now nearly 9% higher since last Wednesday. Strong corporate earnings, a 4% rally in technology stocks, and falling oil prices drove the advance, while easing expectations for aggressi...

Dow sets new closing record amid geopolitical de-escalation The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly 700 points to close at a record 53,178— its 22nd record close this year. The S&P 500 gained 1.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 2.1%, as easing U.S.-Iran tensions and stronger-than-expected July manufacturing data lifted sentiment. Amazon topped a $3 trillion market valuation for the firs...

Markets to Cheer Middle East De-escalation Global investors last week digested a hawkish Federal Reserve decision, escalating Middle East geopolitical tensions, and a critical wave of Q2 earnings from Big Tech hyperscalers. Concerns about the durability of large AI bets weighed on AI stocks due to high capital spending, financing needs, and growing competition. However, sentiment reversed in the l...

Tech Stocks Roar Back on Microsoft's Historic Gain U.S. stocks rebounded sharply, led by a rally in technology. The Nasdaq Composite led with a 2.8% gain, while the S&P 500 rose 1.7% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.2%. Microsoft shares surged 16%, adding a record $450 billion in market capitalisation — the largest single-day gain in Wall Street history. The rally followed blow...