Stocks kicked off Wednesday's session higher, extending the week's broad rally. The S&P 500 was on pace to set another record high, up 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.1% or 600 points, also on track for a fresh record.
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SpaceX’s AI infrastructure business reached 1.4 GW of nameplate capacity as compute spending drove quarterly capital expenditures above $18 billion.

SpaceX stock (SPCX) is losing altitude and shedding yesterday's stock gains over the AI spending forecasts reported in its first-ever earnings release. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Pras Subramanian and Breaking News Reporter Jake Conley to break down SpaceX's negative stock moves.
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Shares of SpaceX slumped more than 10% premarket to around $111 this morning, even after the rocket company reported a 92% surge in quarterly revenue. Investors were spooked by the company’s $18.4 billion in capital expenditure in the second quarter alone, which compared with just $2.8 billion in the prior year. “The concern for investors is how fast expenditure growth is outpacing revenue growth,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at brokerage XTB.
SpaceX laid out $18.4 billion in capital investments during the April-to-June quarter, with most of the spending supporting artificial-intelligence efforts. SpaceX finance chief Bret Johnsen told analysts last night that spending should remain at this level for the rest of the year: “You should probably think that the … next two quarters are very similar to the current quarter.
SpaceX touted faster-than-expected returns from its AI spending on its first-ever earnings call as a public company. SpaceX reported AI revenue that more than tripled from a year earlier and disclosed several new cloud computing agreements, even as quarterly capital spending on AI climbed to $15.8 billion. Chief Financial Officer Bret Johnsen said the economics of those investments were improving rapidly, but also signaled that AI spending would remain elevated.
Investing.com -- U.S. wireless stocks tumbled Tuesday after SpaceX signaled plans to build a full-fledged mobile service, raising the prospect that Starlink could eventually compete directly with Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile.
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Traders and investment bankers are reigning supreme on Wall Street, at least if you’re judging by their bonuses. The outsize rewards for traders and investment bankers seem all but guaranteed, with big banks raking in bumper profits this year from volatile markets and huge stock offerings, including the stock-market debut of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Google parent Alphabet’s $80 billion equity financing. “Banks are leading the way for the first time in a while,” said Alan Johnson, founder and managing director of Johnson Associates.
Growing hopes that the Strait of Hormuz could soon reopen uplifted markets as earnings continued to roll in.
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Nvidia stock was gaining early Wednesday after the chip maker got a vote of confidence from Elon Musk’s SpaceX It might not be hurting that its chief artificial-intelligence processor rival Advanced Micro Devices looks set for a bad day. Nvidia shares were up 2.5% at $217.30 in the premarket. The move comes after SpaceX said it would exclusively use Nvidia AI chips.
A rally across global stock markets continued, with sentiment boosted by the prospect of a U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.