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Ford reports second quarter results on Tuesday. Wall Street is looking for second quarter operating profit of $2.1 billion from sales of $47.2 billion.

President Trump said that talks with Iran were taking place. In response, Brent crude further declined while Treasurys strengthened and the dollar fell.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were down in late-mo

The S&P 500 index gained about 0.8%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose about 0.7%.

Stocks looked set to rally on Monday as oil prices retreated, helping to ease investors’ worries about higher inflation at the start of a week that will be defined by a Federal Reserve policy decision and a slew of mega-cap tech earnings. Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 1.4%. The three major indexes all dropped last week as tensions flared in the Middle East, driving up oil prices and bolstering the case for the Fed to hike interest rates.

Iran and Oman are also in talks that center around having Iran run vessel transit through the Strait of Hormuz with fewer restrictions on ships.

July 23 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Thursday, as concerns over heavy AI spending resurfaced after the first batch of Big Tech earnings, while another jump in oil prices

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By Lawrence Delevingne, Johann M Cherian and Gregor Stuart Hunter July 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose to a six-week high on Wednesday as the U.S. and Iran traded more strikes, further threatening

Today, July 21, 2026, memory-chip leaders rallied, leading stocks higher even as investors weighed geopolitical and tariff risks.

Materials maker 3M saw its share price leap about 9% after raising its full-year adjusted earnings guidance, making it Tuesday morning’s best performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company saw its Q2 adjusted earnings increase 11% year-over-year thanks in part to strong performance in its industrial and safety businesses. Chief Executive Bill Brown said the company is reshaping its portfolio to focus on high-growth, high-margin businesses such as data centers and fire and rescue equipment.

President Trump announced a fresh round of 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods

Futures rose early Tuesday as Sandisk, Micron and AMD lead an AI rebound. GM and 3M are earnings movers.

S&P 500 futures rose 0.6% and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 1.4% Tuesday as semiconductor stocks led a recovery and 87% of early S&P 500 reporters topped estimates

The parabolic AI trade has sent many chip stocks to the moon, as investors have bet that hyperscalers such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta will continue to aggressively expand AI capital expenditures. However, the rally now faces significant headwinds, with valuation and revenue sustainability concerns resurfacing amid rising competition from cheaper Chinese models. The […]

Investing.com -- U.S. stock index futures were mixed on Thursday as investors weighed lingering Middle East tensions, and focused on corporate earnings and further signs that U.S. inflationary pressures are easing.

UnitedHealth Group crushed Q2 earnings forecasts amid lower-than-expected benefit costs and gave a big boost to its full-year outlook. Humana, Centene and CVS Health all got a sizable lift from the warm reception for UnitedHealth's earnings report.

Wednesday, J.B. Hunt reported earnings per share of $1.91, up 45% year over year, from sales of $3.5 billion, up 19%.

3M's hot new optical technology for data centers is being deployed by Microsoft Azure, the companies announced on Wednesday. MMM stock is a top performer on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday, flashing an early buy signal. 3M said on its April 21 earnings call that its new expanded beam optics technology had received validation and a significant order from a hyperscaler, which has apparently now been revealed to be Microsoft.

July 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday, as investors weighed softer-than-expected producer inflation data and a flurry of corporate earnings, while PayPal surged on

US stocks appeared set for a steady start on Wednesday as investors drew confidence from strong bank earnings and a softer-than-expected inflation report the day before, even as oil prices remained elevated following fresh US strikes on Iran. Nasdaq futures were up 0.5% ahead of the opening...

Stocks looked set to rise again on Wednesday, building on gains from the previous session that were powered by a solid start to the second-quarter earnings season and cooler-than-expected inflation data. Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.4%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 81 points, or 0.2%.

Wall Street digests a cooler than expected inflation read and ASML's bullish outlook on the AI bo

On July 14, 2026, cooling consumer prices sparked a broad tech rebound.

Dow Jones banks JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs detailed Q2 results on Tuesday. JPM stock slides away from a buy zone.

Why are chip stocks collapsing while the Dow barely budges? Korean markets just had their worst day since the 2008 financial crisis, and the fallout is hitting semiconductors hard.

Oil prices jumped on Monday as President Donald Trump said the U.S. will reimpose a blockade on Iranian ports and provide other countries safe passage —for a fee — through the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement follows an escalation of U.S.-Iran military strikes after Tehran had targeted ships in the Strait traveling an alternative path to the Tehran-approved route open for ships paying a fee to the regime. With U.S.-Iran negotiations at an impasse over control of the key global shipping route and Tehran's nuclear program, the diplomatic route — and Wall Street's assumption that flare-ups in fighting won't lead the sides back to war — is facing its biggest test.

Oil prices jumped on Monday amid escalation of Middle East conflict as the U.S. challenged Iran's assertion of control over the Strait of Hormuz. With U.S.-Iran negotiations at an impasse over the key global shipping route and Tehran's nuclear program, Wall Street's assumption that flare-ups in fighting won't lead the sides back to war is being tested, but still holding firm. With Iran declaring the Strait of Hormuz closed, S&P 500 futures traded slightly lower, with APA, Occidental Petroleum and Devon Energy trading high on the index.

Markets were subdued ahead of a busy week for markets, with inflation reports, bank earnings, and geopolitical risk hanging in the balance.

Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, gained 3.9% to $78.96 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude oil added 4% to $74.26 per barrel. Prices for both types of crude oil recently had slipped back to the levels they were at before the war with Iran began, after the two sides set an interim agreement on ending the conflict and ships resumed transporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz.