The Nasdaq and S&P 500 were gaining steam as the morning rolled on Thursday. Software stocks were a big reason why. The Nasdaq was up 0.5%, while the S&P 500 was up 0.4%. The Dow was down 20 points, or essentially flat.
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Salesforce posted 13% revenue growth and lifted its FY27 outlook after reporting $1.2 billion in Agentforce ARR, up 205% year over year, offering one of the clearest public readouts yet…
Electric vehicle maker Xpeng on Thursday forecast second-quarter revenue below market expectations, underscoring a prolonged slowdown in demand and stiff competition in the Chinese EV market. Domestic car sales in China fell for a seventh straight month in April, with industry estimates showing that EV and plug-in hybrid sales growth were likely to slow in 2026 after years of rapid expansion. Still, Chinese EV makers are betting on advanced driver-assistance systems, feature-rich vehicles and broader model lineups to help navigate the downturn.
Groq is raising up to $650 million from existing investors, Axios reported on Thursday, after the AI chip startup signed a $17 billion licensing deal with Nvidia in December. Groq has been shifting focus away from hardware toward AI inferencing, where it specializes in enabling trained AI models to respond to user requests. • The startup's investors have already received payouts, with a final cash distribution expected soon through the Nvidia deal, Axios reported.
Investing.com -- Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick is standing by a bullish long-term outlook for ethereum, arguing that a disconnect between the token's improving internal metrics and its lagging price is temporary and that a catch-up is only a matter of time.
Investing.com -- Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares rose 3% Thursday after The Information reported the company plans to release a new coding model next week as part of a broader push to reduce dependence on external AI partners.
SNPS tops Q2 estimates as revenues surge 42%, driven by strong Design Automation growth and contributions from Ansys.
HP beats Q2 earnings estimates as revenues climb 9% year over year, driven by strong Personal Systems growth and regional gains.
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Snowflake (SNOW) stock is soaring by over 30% on Thursday after the company reported AI demand to have driven better-than-expected first quarter results alongside revenue growth of 33%. PNC Asset Management Group CIO Amanda Agati and Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporters Brooke DiPalma and Ines Ferré take a closer look at the post-earnings stock reactions from Snowflake and fellow software company Salesforce (CRM).
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Investing.com -- Activist hedge fund Findell Capital Management is launching a campaign for sweeping changes at software company Figma Inc (NYSE:FIG), declaring the platform significantly undervalued. In a letter to the board alongside an activist report released Thursday, the firm argued the "Adobe slayer" is being mistakenly penalized by public markets over unfounded artificial intelligence disruption fears. Figma currently trades at nearly half of the $20 billion valuation Adobe Systems Incor
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Futu (NASDAQ:FUTU) reported record trading activity and continued international account growth in the first quarter of 2026, while a regulatory penalty from Chinese authorities weighed sharply on reported net income. On the company’s earnings call, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Leaf Li said
The Federal Reserve's primary inflation gauge rose less than expected in April, though the 12-month inflation rate still rose to the highest level since late 2023. The report may have slightly calmed Wall Street's nerves over inflation as oil prices rebound early Thursday.
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