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Planet Labs reported fiscal second-quarter sales of $116.1 million Thursday afternoon. Wall Street was looking for $104.5 million.

Nvidia Stock Leads Tech Rally After Results and Guidance Beat Forecasts

Nvidia's fiscal second-quarter revenue more than doubled and topped forecasts by its largest margin in two years, lifting chip stocks broadly

Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 futures jumped Thursday as AI-tied shares surged following a blowout earnings report from chipmaking giant Nvidia.

Stocks looked set to rally on Thursday after chip maker Nvidia’s solid second-quarter earnings helped breathe some life back into the artificial-intelligence trade. S&P 500 futures rose 0.5%. Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 1.

Nvidia wavered late while CrowdStrike, Okta, Salesforce are big earnings winners. Is the market setting up or a setup?

Sandisk, Micron, Credo and many other chip and AI stocks dived a day after bullish moves. The major indexes are wiping out recent gains.

AI stocks led the market Wednesday, fueled by Nebius, Lumentum, CoreWeave and Super Micro. Cisco and Coherent were earnings movers late.

Babcock & Wilcox (NYSE:BW) shares surged 40. 5% to $12.

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones hit highs while the Nasdaq raced above key levels as oil prices and yields fell. Palantir, Cloudflare and SpaceX were big movers amid earings.

Hertz stock jumped in premarket trading Thursday after the company’s quarterly earnings topped Wall Street estimates, offering some relief to weary investors. A year ago, Hertz reported a comparable 29-cent loss from sales of just under $2.2 billion. Shares were up 17% at $1.82 in premarket trading, while and futures were up 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively.

Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $3.20 from sales of $1.6 billion, up from a comparable EPS of 11 cents and sales of $1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2025. Things are a lot better year over year because commodity prices are up. Through Wednesday trading, Albemarle stock was down 16% year to date and up 74% over the past 12 months.

The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% on Wednesday, while SpaceX stock slumped more than 10% on its first quarterly report since going public

President Donald Trump discussed efforts to de-escalate US-Iran tensions with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

The entertainment company is set to report fiscal third-quarter earnings ahead of Wednesday’s opening bell.

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US equities rallied intraday, fueled by upbeat earnings reports and hopes that the Strait of Hormuz

US equity indexes rose as earnings helped boost technology while a slide in crude oil and government

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Caterpillar bulldozed Q2 earnings forecasts as the heavy equipment giant reported a $72 billion backlog, up 92% from a year ago. Long a global economic bellwether, Caterpillar has become a bellwether for the AI infrastructure boom amid soaring demand for its gas turbines to power data centers. The construction segment was Caterpillar's biggest growth driver in Q2, but growth was strong across the board.

US equity futures were higher pre-bell Tuesday as technology-related stocks were on the upswing, hig

Dow Jones Futures: Trump's Iran comments sparked a big stock market rally Monday. Palantir soared on earnings, while SpaceX earnings are due.

For Cat’s second quarter, Wall Street projects earnings per share of $6.22, up from $4.72 a year ago.

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The electrical infrastructure supplier reported second-quarter earnings per share of $3.15, with sales of $8.5 billion. Wall Street was looking for EPS of $3.07 and sales of $8.2 billion.

The tech rebound has legs. Stock futures were rising early Friday as the technology sector looked set to end a bad July on a positive note despite disappointing earnings from Apple. S&P 500 futures rose 0.

U.S. stocks rallied, with the Nasdaq jumping 2.8%, as Microsoft’s robust earnings report restored momentum to the artificial-intelligence boom.

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GE HealthCare reports earnings per share of $1.13 from sales of $5.3 billion. Wall Street was looking for $1.04 a share and $5.3 billion, respectively.