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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...

U.S. stock indexes rallied on Thursday, with the Nasdaq's 1.9% advance boosted by gains in semiconductor shares, while inflation fears eased after the U.S. and Iran signed a peace agreement, although investors still priced in interest rate hikes this year from the...

SpaceX SPCX.O SPCX.O  shares jumped 19% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, sending the company's value past $2 trillion to make it the sixth-biggest U.S. company by value and turning Elon Musk into the world's first trillionaire. Investors jumped at the chance to get a...

U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Thursday, with indexes extending gains after the White Housef canceled planned strikes against Iran, and on the eve of the market debut of Elon Musk's SpaceX. The three major indexes registered their biggest daily percentage gains...

The major U.S. stock indexes ended more than 1% lower on Wednesday, with chipmaker shares extending recent declines and with renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran adding to investor uncertainty. The White House said the U.S. would attack Iran again "very hard"...

Wall Street’s nine-week winning streak ended with a thud on Friday, as red-hot technology stocks suffered their largest daily decline since April 2025 after a hot May jobs report fueled fears of a hawkish policy pivot from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Selling was...