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MU, CIEN, STX, FIVE and MUSA are highlighted as large-cap growth stocks benefiting from AI demand, retail momentum and expansion strategies.
A changing of the guard is imminent at America's foremost financial institution.
Stocks were on course to rise to close out the week, with Wall Street seemingly more focused on the looming April jobs report than an exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran. S&P 500 futures added 0.3% and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 gained 0.5%. Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report could have a bigger bearing on the market than events in the Middle East.
Investors are taking overnight clashes in stride.
After gaining more than 3% over the last two sessions, the Russell 2000 lost 1.6%.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday, with the Dow dropping nearly two-thirds of a percent, the S&P 500 shedding more than one-third of a percent and the Nasdaq dipping marginally.</p><p>Uncertainty around peace talks between the U.S. and Iran weighed on the market, with Iran reviewing a proposal that would stop fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved.</p><p>Meanwhile, market-leading chip stocks retreated after their recent rally.</p><p>:: Arm Holdings</p><p> Archive</p><p>U.S.-listed shares of Arm Holdings tumbled 10% as worries about the company's ability to secure sufficient supplies for its new AI chip overshadowed a strong earnings forecast.</p><p>Intel and Advanced Micro Devices also declined, giving back some of their gains from earlier this week.</p><p>Keith Buchanan, senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments, said he'd now like to see a broadening of market gains beyond chip makers and other AI-linked companies.</p><p>"Leadership has become narrow again. And that's something that concerns us from our framework, is we don't feel like a participation has been what it needs to be to continue to power this bull market forward beyond the point where we are now. So earnings season is really important. We're right in the middle of it right now. So that will give us a little more clarity as to the storylines and, frankly, the momentum that we feel like has to start to spread away from where it's been concentrated over the past week and a half."</p><p>:: CoreWeave</p><p>Other stock moves on Thursday included cloud provider CoreWeave, which closed down more than 6% but gained in extended trading after beating analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue. The company reported strong demand for its high-performance computing services used to train and deploy AI models.</p><p>Shares of Datadog soared 31% after the cloud-monitoring company raised its full-year earnings forecast. Cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike jumped 8% and Palo Alto Networks added 7%.</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Whirlpool slumped nearly 12% after the home-appliance maker missed first-quarter sales estimates and suspended its dividend.</p><p>Investors now turn their attention to Friday's nonfarm payrolls report, which is expected to show continued labor market resilience.</p></body>
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US equity indexes declined on Thursday as Iran reportedly set up an agency to control shipping in th
The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil settled at roughly $100 Thursday and continued its decline from more than $115 early this week. The Nasdaq composite fell 32.75 points, or 0.1%, to 25,806.20. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 47.15 points, or 1.6% to 2,839.63.
For a second day in a row, the Dow crossed 50,000 but couldn’t close it out. The blue-chip index was down 313 points, or 0.6%. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%. The Nasdaq fell 0.1%. The S&P and Nasdaq pulled back from record closing highs from Wednesday.
US equity indexes ended lower on Thursday amid conflicting signals from the US on the war with Iran,
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US equity indexes were lower ahead of Thursday's close as Iran reportedly set up an agency to contro
All 11 S&P 500 sectors finished lower Thursday, the first time that has happened since March 18