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Wall Street stocks gained ground on Wednesday as softening inflation data and a robust beginning of second-quarter earnings season put investors in a buying mood. All three major stock indexes closed modestly higher despite weakness in semiconductors, with...

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq advanced on Tuesday as solid big bank results and a cooler-than-expected inflation report boosted risk appetite amid rising Middle East tensions. A rebound in chip shares .SOX .SOX  put the Nasdaq out front, while the Dow's gains were...

Tech shares pulled U.S. stocks lower on Monday after the US President announced that he would reinstate a blockade on Iranian ports in the latest escalation of U.S.-Iran hostilities that sent oil prices jumping and dampened risk appetite. Investors stared down what...

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....