Market Highlights
Market highlights
2026-01-16
Stocks rebounded as a blowout outlook from an artificial-intelligence bellwether revived hopes
about the longevity of a key bull-market driver while signs of economic strength lifted small caps.
A gauge of chipmakers hit all-time highs as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Asia’s most
valuable company, assuaged concerns about the sustainability of current data-center spending.
Nvidia Corp. jumped over 2% and ASML Holding NV notched a record. Small caps kept rising, with
the Russell 2000 beating the S&P 500 for a 10th straight session — the longest streak since 1990.
The record-breaking stock rally gained fresh momentum as concerns about overheating in the
technology sector eased after the blowout results from a chip bellwether.
2025-02-03
Fast-changing news on tariffs flummoxed traders across asset classes Friday, shattering the calm spurred earlier by receding anxieties around the tech sector. A White House assertion that President Donald Trump plans to impose levies on China, Mexico and Canada this weekend sent the dollar up as stocks got hit.
2025-01-30
Stocks slipped and short-dated bond yields rose, though both pared bigger moves as early concern that the Federal Reserve was growing more worried about inflation got tamped down by Chair Jerome Powell.
2025-01-29
The world’s largest technology companies climbed after a selloff that shook global markets, with traders gearing up for the start of the megacap earnings season and the Federal Reserve decision on rates.
2025-01-28
Wall Street had a rough start to the week on concern that a cheap artificial intelligence-model from Chinese startup DeepSeek could make valuations of the technology that has powered the bull market tough to justify.
2025-01-27
A rally that drove stocks to their first record in 2025 took a breather, with a selloff in chipmakers curbing an otherwise solid Wall Street week that marked the start of Donald Trump’s presidential term.
2025-01-23
A rally in big tech fueled by optimism over artificial intelligence and a batch of earnings from corporate heavyweights sent stocks to the brink of their all-time highs.
2025-01-22
Stocks climbed as President Donald Trump struck a better-than-feared tone on global trade and speculation grew that his policies will further boost Corporate America. Bonds continued to unwind the recent surge in yields that roiled markets.
2025-01-21
Wall Street breathed a collective sigh a relief after Donald Trump held off from imposing Chinaspecific tariffs on his first day in office, pushing US equity futures higher. The dollar slumped.
2025-01-20
Stocks powered ahead to notch their best week since the November presidential election just ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration.
2025-01-17
Stocks struggled to make headway after a solid rally, while bond yields dropped on dovish remarks from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller.
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