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Wall Street was split on Wednesday, with stocks charging higher while Treasuries sold off following another poor auction that saw the 30-year Treasury yield reach 5%. The Dow fell 0.1%. Stocks gained despite a high inflation reading: Wholesale energy prices climbed 7.8% in April from March.

U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining over 1% on Wednesday. The Dow traded down 0.24% to 49,638.96 while the NASDAQ gained 1.18% to 26,395.66. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.60% to 7,445.55. Leading and Lagging Sectors Communication services shares jumped by 1.6% on Wednesday. In trading on Wednesday, utilities stocks fell by 1.4%. Top Headline Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE:BABA) shares gained around 6% on Wednesday after the e-commerce and clou

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Focus is on the April wholesale inflation report in the wait for pdates on US-Iran talks and Trump's trip to China.

8.45am: US CPI rises to three-year high US inflation last month was the highest in three years, due to rising energy, housing and food prices. The US consumer price index was up 3.8% year on year in April, up from 3.26% the month before. Month-on-month, CPI increased 0.6%, easing from...

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A better-than-expected jobs report and a blistering chip-stock rally powered the S&P 500 to a record on Friday, with the index notching its sixth straight week of gains. The Dow industrials edged up 0.2% for the week, or 110 points.

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The Nasdaq notched its best six-week streak since 2009 as a surge in semiconductor shares continues.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were chasing fresh highs on Friday after the unemployment rate held steady in April. The S&P was up 0.5%. The Nasdaq was up 0.6%. The Dow rose 220 points, or 0.4%. The S&P and Nasdaq were on pace for record closing highs.

Investors are taking overnight clashes in stride.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down, while the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite were up

Today, May 6, 2026, investors weigh surging AI data center demand against fresh guidance, margin recovery, and past troubles.

Chipmakers are the most actively traded U.S. stocks ahead of the opening bell, setting the stage for another tech-led rally. In recent premarket action: Intel (INTC) is the most traded stock by volume, according to Dow Jones Market Data, and is up about 6%.

By Niket Nishant and Utkarsh Hathi May 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street futures rose on Wednesday, extending a strong run on hopes of a potential U.S.-Iran peace agreement and unrelenting optimism around

U.S. stocks looked set to extend record highs after Trump walked back an effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, easing concerns of a near-term escalation in the U.S.-Iran war.

The market capitalisation of Samsung Electronics' ‌common stock surpassed $1 trillion ‌on Wednesday, making it the second ​Asian company after TSMC to reach the milestone. Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory chipmaker, saw its ‌market value ⁠reach 1,500 trillion won ($1.03 trillion) in early trading ⁠in Seoul on Wednesday, tracking sharp gains of AI-related ​stocks in ​the U.S. ​overnight. Shares of the ‌South Korean chip giant were up 12% at 09:52 a.m.

Futures rose. President Trump "paused" his Hormuz opening effort. AI plays AMD, Astera Labs, Lumentum, Arista were earnings movers late.

Markets are eyeing signs of easing in Mideast tensions and impressive AI-fueled tech earnings.

Major gauge futures soared following a series of record closes from US indexes.

On May 5, 2026, investors weighed an acquisition to expand Iren's AI cloud infrastructure to enhance the deployment and management of containerized enterprise solutions.

By Lawrence Delevingne and Amanda Cooper May 5 (Reuters) - Global stocks rose on Tuesday, taking some heart from a series of robust earnings, while simmering hostilities between the U.S. and Iran over

By Niket Nishant and Utkarsh Hathi May 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes recovered on Tuesday as oil prices fell despite renewed Middle East tensions that threatened to upend a fragile truce

Stocks were back near their highest levels on record after Wall Street turned its attention away from Iran and back to earnings season. The Dow rose 305 points, or 0.6%. The S&P 500 was up 0.7%. The Nasdaq was up 0.