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The Nasdaq slowly sold off throughout the day as the market awaited new information from Alphabet and Tesla after hours, today, July 22, 2026.
U.S. stocks were little changed Wednesday as oil prices extended gains, while investors braced for a wave of major earnings. The S&P 500 slipped 10.24 points, or 0.14%, to 7498.96, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 146.30 points, or 0.57%, to 25690.90. Traffic at the Strait of Hormuz remained at less than 10% of its prewar levels.
The stock market took a breather on Wednesday ahead of a gauntlet of major earnings reports. The Dow was essentially flat. With Alphabet, Tesla, and Texas Instruments set to report results after the bell, there wasn’t much movement in markets.
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
The stock market could face its sternest test since the Iran war recovery this week, as a key component of the tech-led rally reports second-quarter earnings. Google parent Alphabet the world’s third-largest stock, will update investors on its second quarter activity after the close of trading on Wednesday, likely a few minutes after Elon Musk’s Tesla posts results for the three months ending in June. The reports will kick off a long stretch of big-ticket earnings releases, including Microsoft Meta Platforms Amazon and Apple next week, as investors face the market’s weeks-long stall.
What was working on Wall Street was pretty much a mirrored image of yesterday’s action. The Dow was up 64 points, or 0.1%. The top strategies were pure value, low volatility, and dividend stocks, while small-caps, growth, and momentum were lagging behind.
Wall Street stocks looked set for a weaker open on Wednesday as investors lock in profits in technology stocks ahead of crucial earnings from Google owner Alphabet and Tesla, while escalating tensions in the Middle East push oil prices to six-week highs. Dow Jones futures were down 0.2%,...
July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Wednesday, pressured by weakness in chip stocks, as investors remained cautious ahead of the first batch of Big Tech earnings that could decide
Inflation has become a broad-based problem, according to one of the 12 voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday following a rally on Wall Street, despite concerns about higher oil prices and inflation. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.9% to 67,511.12, after the government reported that both imports and exports rose last month from a year earlier, as the weakening yen raised the value of both when converted from dollars to yen. More gains for makers of computer chips and other companies benefiting from the artificial-intelligence boom carried Wall Street higher.
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Ankur Banerjee NEW YORK/SINGAPORE, July 21 (Reuters) - Major stock indexes rose on Tuesday with the Nasdaq and chipmaker shares surging, while oil prices climbed to a five

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the Dow gaining roughly three-quarters of a percent, the S&P 500 adding nearly nine-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq climbing about 1.3%.</p><p>Gains in recently battered semiconductor stocks pushed the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index more than 5% higher. It was the index's second consecutive advance after ending Friday more than 20% below its record high, reached in late June.</p><p>Meanwhile, investors looked past a 2% rise in oil prices as well as a fresh tariff battle, after President Donald Trump slapped a 50% duty on a wide range of imports from Canada.</p><p>Eric Parnell is chief market strategist at Great Valley Advisor Group.</p><p>"It's another day in the market and it's another tariff headline coming out of Washington, DC... But we've been down this road many, many times with tariffs over the last 12 to 18 months. And on a micro level, we can dissect what's the implication going to be for the beverage industry or the food industry associated with some of these tariffs. But what we've really seen, and we've also seen it with the Iran conflict, once the market gets comfortable with its reaction function, then it largely dismisses these headlines. And I think we should continue to expect this going forward."</p><p>Stocks on the move Tuesday included Super Micro Computer, which closed 7% higher and climbed another 16% in extended trading after the AI server maker said it expects gross margins for the quarter to be above its previous forecast.</p><p>Shares of 3M gained more than 7% after the industrial giant lifted its full-year profit forecast.</p><p>And shares of Hasbro jumped nearly 9% after the company raised its annual revenue and profit forecasts, betting on demand for its digital gaming and "Magic: The Gathering" products.</p><p>The focus this week now turns to results from tech giants Alphabet, Tesla and Intel.</p></body>
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U.S. stocks rose broadly as chip shares staged a strong recovery and investors positioned for a wave of major technology earnings.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.3%. Micron Technology and Nvidia were the two strongest forces lifting the market as AI stocks climbed for a second straight day after tumbling the week before. The Nasdaq composite rose 329.13 points, or 1.3%, to 25,837.21.
GM, MMM, NVS, NOC, HAS and DHI all outperformed expectations on their quarterly reports this morning.