The charge higher in U.S. technology stocks has made broader indexes as reliant as ever on the group -- and more vulnerable should those market leaders trip up. With stunning gains over the past two months, the S&P 500 technology sector now accounts for more than 39% of the market capitalization of the overall benchmark index, its highest on record and above the level it reached during the 2000 Internet bubble. "If the small number of tech stocks that have been leading this market higher roll over, by definition, the indexes are going to roll over," said Matthew Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak.
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U. S. stock futures traded close to unchanged on Wednesday as investors weighed continued enthusiasm surrounding artificial intelligence against escalating tensions in the Middle East.
The U.S. stock market is on the cusp of a historic streak but it faces a battle to overcome rising oil prices and U.S.-Iran tensions. Stock futures edged lower early Wednesday as Brent crude prices climbed around 2% following fresh strikes between the two sides in the Middle East. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 0.3%, S&P 500 futures were down 0.1% and Nasdaq futures were largely flat.
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<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes ended modestly higher on Tuesday, with the Dow making the biggest move, gaining just under half a percent, the S&P 500 ticking up more than a tenth of a percent and the Nasdaq nudging up slightly.</p><p>The AI fervor that's powered the market to multiple new highs this spring was counterbalanced on Tuesday by tensions arising from U.S.-Iran peace talks.</p><p>On the economic front, a report from the Labor Department showed an unexpected spike in job openings, driven by the professional and business services sector. Otherwise, hirings, firings and the number of people quitting their jobs all decreased, suggesting a slowdown in labor market churn.</p><p>Kevin Nicholson is global fixed income chief investment officer at RiverFront Investment Group.</p><p>"Stocks are taking a breather today. I think that a large part of it has been that we've had such a quick and sudden rally over the last two months, and it's rallied really hard. And I think that with the economic data coming in today, along with the potential of a Iran peace deal, I think that investors are just taking a pause just to see where things are actually going to shake out."</p><p>Stocks on the move included Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which jumped 19.5% a day after the AI server maker's strong results showed the company's on track to hit its long-term financial targets two years ahead of schedule.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Shares of Marvell Technology surged 32.5% after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the chipmaker the next "trillion-dollar company." Nvidia invested $2 billion in Marvell in March.</p><p>And a more than 5% drop in bitcoin hit cryptocurrency firms. Shares of Coinbase shed more than 4.5% while Strategy sank more than 9%.</p></body>
The Teralynx launch gives Marvell a product-level AI networking catalyst, with custom silicon revenue now central to whether data center growth can support the stock’s higher expectations.
Nvidia (NVDA) stock closed the June 1 trading session up 6.26% at $224.36. The stock is now up about 20.3% year to date, at the time of writing, Tuesday morning, June 2. Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 Index (SPY) is up about 11.24% in the same period. While Nvidia was expected to outpace the ...
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President Donald Trump denied reports that communications between the United States and Iran had stalled, calling the claims “fake news.”
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