Middle East tensions, AI-driven tech weakness and stock-specific swings fueled big moves in leveraged ETFs. Here's a look at last week's top performers.
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US stocks gained $550 billion as mediators proposed a 10-day US-Iran ceasefire, while oil fell on easing risk premiums.
STOCKS Investors are kicking off the trading week with AI bubble anxieties seemingly in the rearview mirror, pushing chip stocks higher and powering a nearly 1% advance in the Nasdaq composite. The gains come despite Alibaba previewing its new artificial-intelligence model-the second time in a week that China has flexed its advances in AI.
Google is developing a new AI accelerator with built-in software coding from its Gemini model, said a report. Google stock rose on the news.
July 20 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday, as chip stocks recovered from last week's pullback and investors awaited a key slate of earnings from major technology companies
The Dow opened up 0.3% or 145 points. Chip stocks led the declines, with the same names leading the market year-to-date seeing the most dramatic losses. The Big Tech results could further catalyze the rotation out of tech or jump start a rebound from a rout that’s run too far.
Wall Street closed sharply lower on Friday, pulled down by tech and discretionary stocks.
U.S. stocks started off a key week of trading with a Monday morning rise. Treasury yields are holding steady, oil prices are climbing but not spiraling out of control, and tech stocks are looking to stanch a notable week of declines ahead of a crucial set of earnings. The heaviest slate of second-quarter earnings and big tech updates are on tap, as well as a Federal Reserve policy meeting, and continued attacks between the U.S. and Iran are putting the focus back on energy markets. Tech stocks, meanwhile, are in retreat, with the trading in bear market territory and the now more than halfway toward correction after making an all-time high on June 2.
Wall Street kicked off the week with a flurry of analyst calls spanning energy, tech, and consumer names, and not everyone got good news. Find out which stocks earned fresh upgrades and which ones faced brutal target price cuts amid a turbulent market backdrop.
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July 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose slightly on Monday, following last week's chip-stocks-led pullback, as investors awaited a key slate of earnings that could test Wall Street's AI-
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