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The S&P 500 rose to end just short of a record high on Friday, as a blockbuster Nasdaq debut of South Korea's SK Hynix fueled optimism about memory-chip makers, while investors looked ahead to quarterly earnings season kicking off next week. The artificial...

The Nasdaq ended sharply higher on Thursday, as Micron Technology fueled a rally in chip stocks that eclipsed fears that renewed U.S. and Iranian attacks might prolong the Middle East conflict and fuel inflation.Tehran said it hit U.S. military targets in Kuwait,...

The S&P 500 ended lower on Wednesday after the U.S. President said an interim deal aimed at ending the war with Iran was "over," while Broadcom led gains among recently battered chip stocks. Speaking at a NATO summit in Turkey, the President said he had no...

The Nasdaq ended sharply lower on Tuesday, weighed down by losses in Micron Technology and other chipmakers due to mounting doubts about the sustainability of Wall Street's AI-driven rally. Chip stocks in Asia and the United States dropped after memory chip giant...

Wall Street's major indexes closed higher on Monday, with the Nasdaq leading gains as semiconductor stocks staged a strong rebound. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) led the gains, rising 1.24%, while the S&P 500 (SP500) advanced 0.72% and the blue-chip...

The Dow rose more than 1% to a record closing high on Thursday ahead of the long holiday weekend as a softer-than-expected U.S. jobs report eased worries about interest rate hikes, while another sharp drop in chipmaker stocks weighed on the Nasdaq. The S&P 500...

U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Monday, with the Dow hitting a record closing high, as weekend hostilities between the United States and Iran eased and as major technology-related shares rose following recent selling. A source told Reuters that Iranian and U.S....

The Nasdaq closed lower on Thursday, dragged down by losses in Big Tech shares, while the S&P closed near flat and the Dow closed higher as investors digested new economic data. Technology shares reversed early gains to move lower, weighing on the Nasdaq as...

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 closed lower on Wednesday, dragged by tech stocks on nagging concerns about high-flying valuations, but falling crude prices boosted airlines and other travel stocks and the Dow finished higher. Oil prices fell to their lowest since the...

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed down on Monday, dragged lower by declines in the megacap technology stocks including Alphabet, while investors assessed developments in U.S.-Iran negotiations. The Dow closed higher, boosted by the healthcare and industrial...