Nasdaq sinks as AI worries hit chipmakers
By Noel Randewich and Shashwat Chauhan
Tue July 7, 2026
AI nerves were back today big time with Micron and other chipmakers falling due to continuing doubts about AI’s sustainability. Even Samsung with today’s blowout earnings report was unfortunately not enough of a blowout to satisfy investors whose expectations were through the roof. As today’s expert put it, “Expectations have gotten to be almost impossible to beat …”
S&P 500, Nasdaq close sharply higher as Broadcom rallies
By Noel Randewich and Ragini
Mathur
Mon July 6, 2026
AI exuberance is back after last week’s setbacks and it sent all three indexes straight up with 3-digit gains on both the Dow and Nasdaq and the S&P also up an impressive 54 points. This was all triggered by strong expectations of a blossoming Q2 earnings season which starts shortly combined with expectations that this boom will continue through the rest of the year. The chip index was up 2.2% after last week’s slump.
Nasdaq ends lower with tech; investors assess softer jobs data
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Niket
Nishant
Thu July 2, 2026
It was a second day of sharp declines in tech, today being written off as profit-taking after such a long run of gains. Only about half the number of expected new jobs materialized which was greeted as good news on inflation and a possible stay of execution on the Fed raising rates. Odds of a rate hike decreased from 64 to 55%.
Wall Street ends choppy session lower as tech shares drop
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Niket
Nishant
Wed July 1, 2026
Investors chose to return to caution again today with all three indexes starting the session in the red, the Nasdaq deeply so, but then rising into the black until about noon when they began to decline and all closing modestly in the red. The concerns over the war and AI expenses reared their ugly head again and brought the Nasdaq way down until Meta saved the day momentarily with an 8.8% gain.
S&P 500, Nasdaq register best quarter since 2020 despite Iran war
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Niket
Nishant
Tue June 30, 2026
Q2 has ended with a bang as the Nasdaq and S&P both came in with the best quarter in six years despite all the geopolitical uncertainties. Though tech once again was the leader, even the Dow scored its 2nd record high in two days. The chip index gained 3.9% though concerns over still too lofty valuations and too big capex has today’s expert recommending investors rotate to value sectors such as energy and financials.
Wall Street ends higher as US, Iran attacks ease; major tech-related shares jump
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Niket
Nishant
Mon June 29, 2026
It’s the same old story that’s been going on since the beginning of the war. Hostilities erupt, the market comes down. Hostilities ease and it goes up. That’s what happened today with the concerns about the fragile peace talks being jeopardized by weekend strikes but with the strikes easing today, everything took off like hotcakes, both industrials and tech enjoying very substantial 3-digit gains.
S&P 500 ends lower; chips tumble and Moderna rallies
By Noel Randewich and Joel
Jose
Fri June 26, 2026
It was a pretty mellow day with all three indexes staying relatively close to flat after the volatility of the past few sessions, though both the Dow and Nasdaq showed moderate 3-digit gains by noon before declining to modest losses by close. Today’s expert summed it up, “It’s too early to conclude that there’s a major correction brewing in tech, but what I would say is that the questions around profitability and the capex story are certainly not going away.”
Wall St ends mixed as tech megacap declines outweigh upbeat chip outlook
By Abigail Summerville, Twesha Dikshit and Joel Jose
Thu June 25, 2026
Micron came in with a boffo report and as I noted yesterday, that doesn’t necessarily equate to another rally as other factors could come into play. That is in fact exactly what happened today. Fears of AI companies overspending took priority over both Micron and Qualcomm turning in good reports. In fact, investors are now looking at it as a zero-sum game. That is, any revenues and profits the winners are making have to be coming out of other companies’ hides. Both the S&P and Nasdaq spent much of the day in the red with the Nasdaq dipping to a 3-digit loss and the S&P closing just barely even.
Nasdaq, S&P end lower as tech stocks fall
By Abigail Summerville, Twesha
Dikshit and Joel
Jose
Wed June 24, 2026
Continuing concerns over AI companies running too hot caused tech once again to go into a bit of a slump, though the day started quite positive with both the S&P and Nasdaq well into the black, the latter up over 250 at noon before beginning its decline. And again, tech’s losses were industrial’s gains with the Dow up almost 600 by 11:30 before beginning its decline but still closing well in the black. Are these companies overvalued? Are they taking on too much debt to finance their AI plans?
Wall Street ends lower on semiconductor selloff as AI spending concerns mount
By Abigail Summerville, Twesha
Dikshit and Joel
Jose
Tue June 23, 2026
AI jitters continued into a second day with investors concerned about too much debt propping up too much capital expenditures for AI expansion and will these companies be able to recoup these huge outlays. These jitters were aggravated by Elon Musk turning to the bond market for even more capital. Also impacting the jitters was sentiment that the Fed may actually do two rate increases this year and thus this very interest-sensitive sector is bracing for bad news ahead.
S&P 500, Nasdaq close lower, dragged by Alphabet and megacap tech; focus on Iran
By Abigail Summerville, Twesha
Dikshit and Joel
Jose
Mon June 22, 2026
AI profitability jitters rattled the tech sector again today dropping both the S&P and Nasdaq like rocks from the outset with funds flowing back into industrials as the Dow rose 3-digits again. The markets continue to evaluate the very up and down Iran negotiations. The next test for tech comes Wednesday with Micron’s quarterly report, which is up 300% so far this year.
Wall St indexes advance with boost from chips, Iran optimism
By Sinéad Carew and Twesha
Dikshit
Thu June 18, 2026
Today’s signing of the interim peace agreement and 60-day ceasefire plus the first ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz was very good news on the inflation front and the inflation-dependent tech sectors. As oil prices tumbled, both the S&P and Nasdaq shot straight up from the open, the Nasdaq up nearly 500, while there was a flight from the Dow with monies flowing back to tech though even the Dow still closed in positive territory.
Wall Street sinks on bets Fed will hike rates this year
By Sinéad Carew and Sruthi
Shankar
Wed June 17, 2026
It’s amazing how powerful silence can be for, even though our new Fed chair Kevin Warsh said nothing about the policy path of interest rates, the fact that he did not mention a timetable for a rate hike was more than enough to send all three indexes spiraling down like rocks right at 2 pm. What was said was that policy would focus on price stability which could generally mean a hike to water down inflation.
Nasdaq and S&P 500 slip while Dow hits record high
By Sinéad Carew and Sruthi
Shankar
Tue June 16, 2026
It was a day for tech to take a breather after yesterday’s enormous rally with tech coming down a massive 5.7% and while investors continue to digest the war and peace news, falling oil prices and rising financials pushed the Dow into a second day of records. All eyes will be on Fed comments tomorrow as Kevin Warsh as the new chair will report on whether rising oil prices continue to bleed into other sectors as they showed in May.
Wall Street rallies, Dow ends with record on US-Iran deal, oil price slide
By Sinéad Carew and Twesha
Dikshit
Mon June 15, 2026
The weekend news of a peace accord to be signed this Friday in Geneva (but details not yet forthcoming) was quite predictably greeted with great aplomb as all three indexes skyrocketed from the open and stayed there all day, all three with very substantial 3-digit gains. The Dow hit a new record. The key of course for tech is the promised reopening of the Strait of Hormuz which controls the flow of oil and with oil controlling inflation and inflation controlling tech, the whole sector zoomed even more.
Wall Street ends up on Iran war peace deal hopes, SpaceX's historic debut
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Johann M Cherian
Fri June 12, 2026
Third party sources saying that a peace deal was near bolstered the markets even though, as predicted, today’s SpaceX IPO made trading very choppy as the company was transformed into a $2T valuation. In fact, the huge IPO, the largest in fact in history, put the all too familiar rhetoric of peace in a few days on the back burner even though there was more positive sentiment today.
Wall Street indexes jump, Trump says strikes against Iran canceled
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Joel
Jose
Thu June 11, 2026
With all the recent war news leaving nerves so frazzled, the indexes were playing things quite close to the vest until exactly 1:30 pm when there was a sudden and dramatic jump way up and stayed there the rest of the session. It must have been right then that Trump made the announcement to cancel the attack plans on Iran which were only hours away. The indexes recouped all of yesterday’s massive losses even if, as today’s expert put it, the metrics still show an oversold market.
Wall Street indexes fall more than 1%, hit by tech, Iran war worries
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Joel
Jose
Wed June 10, 2026
The rout continues. With the greatest increase in recent military strikes in two months of the war (and more promised), uncertainty is the name of the game as more investors take more tech profits bringing the sector down 11% from the June 2nd high. Sentiment today is that the war will continue likely until late summer. CPI coming in with more evidence that prices remain on the rise.
Trump vows to respond to downed US helicopter
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Twesha
Dikshit
Tue June 9, 2026
The big tech rebound lasted but a day. Upon hearing the news of the downed Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz raising ever more doubts about a truce, all the indexes sank dramatically all morning until 1 pm. The Dow was down almost 600, the Nasdaq down a whopping 950, the S&P over 160. After 1 pm, the market began a steady rebound with tech recouping most of its losses and the Dow even managed to break into the black in the final few minutes. The VIX hit 19.8, its highest in two months (but still a far cry from the benchmark 30 that spells real trouble) but all eyes will now be on CPI coming Wednesday.
S&P 500, Nasdaq rise as tech, chipmakers rebound
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Sruthi
Shankar
Mon June 8, 2026
After Friday’s devastating rout, today was a day for bargain hunting as investors picked up a lot more chip stocks. That combined with Israel and Iran agreeing to stop their attacks on each other for the time being boosted everything, the Dow up about 400, the Nasdaq almost 500 by 11 a.m. before all indexes began a steady decline with tech still closing in the black, the Dow losing all its gains plus 80.
Wall Street ends sharply lower as chips slide, jobs data fuels rate hike fears
By Stephen Culp and Medha
Singh
Fri June 5, 2026
The tech sector alone lost more than $1T in value today as all indexes plunged in a severe rout that hasn’t been seen in over a year. It was straight shot down the entire day with the Nasdaq losing over 1100 points and the S&P, which so very rarely reaches even a 100 point deficit did twice that today. The trigger was yet another case of very good news being taken as very bad news as today’s jobs report showed more than twice the number added than expected, thereby dousing hopes for a rate cut this year. Signs of a solid job market and resilient economy was, today anyway, not nearly as important as a rate cut.
Dow claims record closing high, S&P 500 advances; chip selloff weighs on Nasdaq
By Stephen Culp and Medha
Singh
Thu June 4, 2026
The Dow zoomed up big time wiping out yesterday’s losses by a considerable margin, mainly due to strong advances in healthcare and financials. The S&P also did well but the Nasdaq got slammed by a disappointing Broadcom report that sent the whole chip index down and had investors asking about AI, “Is this real? Are these valuations legitimate?” The index fell some 300 at open but recovered most of it by close.
Wall Street ends lower as Middle East tensions escalate
By Stephen Culp and Medha
Singh
Wed June 3, 2026
With the resumption of hostilities in Iran over the weekend, I would have thought that Monday and Tuesday would have been a short-sellers heaven. Instead, the market rose. It looks like it took three days for the war news to sink in as today there was a decisive rout all around with oil prices and inflation beckoning higher and higher and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz being critical to stemming the tide. Of course, this does not look like it’s happening soon. Inflation concerns caused a lot of profit-taking today even though fundamentals are strong, the job market looks solid and the services sector continues to expand.
World stocks rally on AI optimism; jitters over Iran persist
By Amanda Cooper and Chibuike
Oguh
Tue June 1, 2026 8:38 PM EDTUpdated 1 hour ago
The indexes edged slightly higher with continued AI fever as major companies continue to raise huge sums for AI expansion, Alphabet alone to the tune of some $80 billion. Job openings increased more than expected and that combined with yesterday’s data of increased factory activity lent more confidence to the stability and resilience of the economy. Of course, the real job numbers come on Friday. The jobs and factory data likely contributed to the big boost in the Dow.
Wall St ends higher, boosted by tech gains, US-Iran peace hopes
By Stephen Culp and Medha
Singh
Mon June 1, 2026
Nvidia today announced a revolutionary new AI chip that will go into personal computers and transform the entire PC market. With that news, there was a dramatic flight out of industrials and into tech with the Dow sinking almost 300 points by 11 a.m. but then recovering to close with a modest gain. Both the Nasdaq and S&P were on a consistent upward slope with the Nasdaq gaining some 220 by 2 pm before losing about half of that by close. Ditto for the S&P.
Wall Street hits new closing highs on tech strength, Middle East deal hopes
By Saeed Azhar, Twesha
Dikshit and Utkarsh
Shetti
Fri May 29, 2026
It was a choppy day for tech, up and down all day but still closing with modest gains, while the Dow reaped the benefit of exceptionally high volume suggesting more and more people were feeling good about coming into the market. The Dow was up all day and closed with a very nice 3-digit gain. But AI and really good Q1 earnings remain the major market drivers while Trump’s announcement that a final decision on Iran will be made today also brought hopes.
S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record closing highs as US and Iran agree to extend ceasefire
By Saeed Azhar, Twesha
Dikshit and Utkarsh
Hathi
Thu May 28, 2026
There was bad news all around on the inflation front as PCE came in at a three-year high, mostly due to the Iran war, and GDP, for the first time in quite some time, was downwardly revised to 1.6% with expectations of more of the same in Q2. But the news of a tentative extension of the ceasefire (still to be approved by Trump) put all that on the backburner. Any good war news is good for tech since the oil supply and inflation so directly impact tech.
Wall Street indexes post closing record highs, AI rally pauses
By Saeed Azhar, Twesha
Dikshit and Utkarsh
Hathi
Wed May 27, 2026
Tech was certainly chaotic today with both indexes swinging wildly between red and black but spending most of the day well into the red though a late session comeback put them very modesty into the black. However, since they were already at records, even a very modest jump put them both into another record close. The Dow enjoyed the benefit of these tech jitters as AI investors chose caution today while watching the peace talks. Everyone was jumping from tech into industrials giving the Dow another nice 3-digit advance, recouping well more than yesterday’s losses, and once again putting it in record territory.
S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record closing highs on AI optimism, Micron joins $1 trillion club
By Saeed Azhar, Twesha
Dikshit and Utkarsh
Hathi
Tue May 26, 2026
AI optimism is back in full swing with Micron suddenly becoming a trillion $ company when UBS today tripled its price target on the stock. It was more than enough for investors to start transferring money from industrials to any of the major AI players, bringing the Dow down but the tech indexes way up. Even the disappointing war news went on the back burner with the market ignoring it in favor of the continuing AI fever and an upbeat Q1. In fact Q1 has been so solid that the earnings growth forecast as it now nears its completion has been doubled from 16% a month ago to 29% today.
Wall Street rises, Dow hits record high as Middle East hopes lift sentiment
By Chibuike Oguh, Shashwat Chauhan and Medha
Singh
Fri May 22, 2026
All it took was the headline of Marco Rubio stating that there has been some peace talks progress so, in spite of there remaining vast differences on critical issues, the headline pushed everything straight up again, the Dow getting the bulk of the benefit while tech declined in the afternoon.
S&P 500 rises as investors focus on Mideast peace hopes as oil prices dip
By Sinéad Carew and Utkarsh
Hathi
Thu May 21, 2026
There’s just a whole lot of volatility going on with all three indexes firmly rooted in the red until 1 pm when everything zoomed back up again. Though Walmart disappointed with its Q1 and especially its announcement that higher prices were coming for the rest of the year, the market largely shrugged it off since Q1 is almost over and has overnight shifted its focus back to the war. That is somewhat curious given the fact that the U.S. and Iran are on opposite poles with the key issues but hope remains. As far as investors are concerned, the ceasefire, as fragile as it is, is holding and they’ll take good news where ever they can find it.
Wall St climbs 1% with chip stocks rallying before Nvidia results
By Sinéad Carew and Utkarsh
Hathi
Wed May 20, 2026
All eyes were in hot anticipation of Nvidia today and, even though the report was not coming in until after the bell, two other AI giants, Astera Labs and ARM Holdings, bolted up big time and that was more than enough to convince investors that Nvidia would soon be posting a similar result. Thus, all the indexes surged huge, both industrials and tech closing with big 3-digit gains. The war news, rate hikes and inflation have all gone on the backburner again and it’s once again all-out all-AI.
Wall St ends lower as inflation worries push up yields
By Sinéad Carew and Ragini Mathur
Tue May 19, 2026
It was still another day of a selloff as T-bills go up, the rest of the market goes down as T-bills represent safety and stocks risk. And safety is what people went looking for today as there is little hope for a foreseeable end to the war and every reason to believe oil (now at $110/barrel) and consequently everything else will keep going up. Inflation fears are now at the forefront.
Nasdaq leads equity losses with oil, borrowing costs in focus
By Sinéad Carew and Ragini
Mathur
Mon May 18, 2026
The continuing closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent oil prices surging again today and concerns that inflation will only continue to worsen caused a flight from back into industrials. But it was certainly not a smooth ride as, though tech was a steady downward curve, industrials were up and down all day going back and forth between highs just over 150 to a low of down about 170 right around 3 pm before zooming up again and closing at a plus 160.
Global shares stumble while bond yields climb on inflation worries
By Sinéad Carew and Sophie Kiderlin
Fri May 15, 2026
As today’s expert so accurately pointed out, “The market is finally paying attention to what the bond market and economic data is telling it. Inflation remains sticky and is potentially going to move higher in the months ahead.” And thus with this wake-up call and the scary inflation data that has come out this week, investors are moving away from the AI euphoria and all three indexes took a major dive right at the outset and stayed there all day, both the Dow and Nasdaq suffering enormous 3-digit losses and the S&P coming within a few points of the same.
Wall Street ends higher on tech rally; investors eye Beijing talks
By Stephen Culp and Ragini
Mathur
Thu May 14, 2026
Between solid economic reports coming in and optimism over the high-stakes summit in China, all three indexes went straight up to big 3-digit gains and stayed there. The S&P and Nasdaq set yet another record high and the Dow closed at less than ½ of 1% shy of its all-time record from February 10th. The good news is that retail sales came in as expected. The bad news is that practically all of it was the result of gasoline prices.
S&P 500, Nasdaq boosted by chips to record closing highs
By Stephen Culp and Ragini
Mathur
Wed May 13, 2026
There was a huge sell off in the morning on the Dow, with the index losing over 300 points by 11 a.m. and then bouncing back to only modest losses by close. But all those funds transferred to the tech sector with both the Nasdaq and S&P soaring all day, both indexes achieving new records, almost exclusively due to AI. Today’s AI comeback was enough for investors to turn a blind eye to the PPI data which was way higher than expected, showing the biggest increase in prices in four years.
S&P 500, Nasdaq end lower as inflation, Iran tensions weigh
By Stephen Culp and Ragini Mathur
Tue May 12, 2026
All indexes way down in the morning, the Dow opening down 400, the Nasdaq down over 500 by 1 pm before everyone started a rebound to recoup most of the losses, the Dow even getting a little into the black. The sell off was due to the combo triggers of the CPI report coming in worse than even the skeptics had forecast, CPI being out of joint because of disruption to crude supply, and continuing and increasing skepticism about the war with investors digging in for the likelihood of a prolonged conflict.
Wall St inches to higher close, AI fervor edges out Iran impasse
By Stephen Culp and Ragini
Mathur
Mon May 11, 2026
It was a day of very choppy trading but still closing modestly in the black though all three indexes were much higher earlier in the day, the Nasdaq up over 100 points around noon before declining and closing up a mere 27. Tech is once again dominating with AI taking the lead sufficiently to edge out war jitters with Trump rejecting the latest Iran peace proposal and oil once again spiking as a result.
S&P 500 and Nasdaq notch records, boosted by AI and earnings optimism
Fri May 8, 2026
Another day of boffo earnings from AI companies sent the tech indexes way up again for the S&P and Nasdaq to notch yet another day of new records and for both indexes to have now six straight weekly gains. And again, with the Q1 optimism, money flowed out of the safety of industrials to finance the continuing tech rally. Even so, even the Dow has now logged two straight weeks of gains. With nearly 90% of the S&P now reporting, Q1 earnings growth is coming in at 29% annualized with 83% beating forecasts.
S&P 500 ends down as chip stocks give up gains
By Noel Randewich and Sruthi
Shankar
Thu May 7, 2026
Was it a day of profit-taking after the string of recent records or was it more jitters over the war? In any case, all the indexes retreated today after starting the day modestly in the black but then declining steadily all day. The exception was the Nasdaq which began the day well into the black, up some 200 by 11 a.m. before starting its own decline. This was all despite the relatively good news of a continuing strong Q1, progress in the Iran peace talks, unemployment benefits coming in lower than expected, and better than expected private payrolls.
Stocks hit records on tech earnings, oil slide from prospect of Iran deal
By Lawrence Delevingne and Harry Robertson
Wed May 5, 2026
For the second day, more reports from Washington expressing recent progress with Iran for a deal to end the war shot all three indexes way up again with even more impressive 3-digit gains than yesterday. AI champion AMD coming in after yesterday’s bell with a forecast above estimates jumped the stock price a whopping 18.6%. Is this optimism justified? As today’s expert put it, “It’s difficult to say how close to a deal we might be. Market participants aren’t going to wait for confirmation of good news and are essentially now front-running a positive outcome.”
S&P 500 and Nasdaq notch records as AI chip stocks surge
By Noel Randewich and Utkarsh
Hathi
Tue May 5, 2026
With the White House reporting that the ceasefire with Iran is holding, yesterday’s concerns over who controls the Strait of Hormuz evaporated and all focus went back to Q1 which continues solid. Thus, it was a straight shot up on all the indexes with handsome 3-digit gains all around. Both tech indexes once again posted record highs and the S&P is poised for 28% in earnings growth, the highest quarterly growth in five years.
S&P 500 falls from record high on Middle East worries
By Noel Randewich and Niket Nishant
Mon May 4, 2026
Two violent incidents in the Strait of Hormuz – a South Korean ship attacked while attempting entry and a U.S. Navy vessel forced by the Iranians to turn back – demonstrated loudly that Iran was still in complete control of the vital strait. This decisively shifted sentiment back towards the war, which investors have been trying to ignore, and all three indexes fell sharply, especially the Dow with a big 3-digit loss.
S&P 500, Nasdaq end higher, notch weekly gains after earnings-heavy week
By Stephen Culp and Niket
Nishant
Fri May 1, 2026
Q1 earnings reports, particularly in the tech sector, continued to come in strong on Friday, bolstering continuing confidence in AI as more companies begin claiming their huge AI investments are starting to pay off. As is usually the case, when tech gets exciting, money is taken from the safety of industrials so the Dow had a modestly down day while the S&P and Nasdaq took off. After ending a record-breaking month yesterday (the biggest in years), both the tech indexes registered a record-breaking week today with both hitting now six consecutive weekly advances, the longest winning streak in 1-1/2 years.
Wall Street ends higher, S&P 500, Nasdaq notch biggest monthly gains in years
By Stephen Culp and Niket
Nishant
Thu April 30, 2026
I noted yesterday that there may be more of a rally today as four of the behemoth Mag7 companies turned in their Q1 after the bell. Well, we had no idea. It was an enormous rally that sent all three indexes way up with tech hitting its biggest monthly gains in six years and industrials scoring their biggest monthly advance in 1-1/2 years. Despite the poor war news, investors are ignoring that dark cloud and focusing fully on the Q1 reporting looking for desperate signs that the enormous AI spending is positioned to pay off.
Wall Street ends mixed ahead of big tech earnings
By Stephen Culp and Niket
Nishant
Wed April 29, 2026
I wouldn’t call Wall Street “mixed” today but rather wildly gyrating between big losses on all three indexes (the Dow down over 400, the Nasdaq over 160) and a sudden late session surge in tech that brought both indexes to break-even. Spiking crude prices as well as overall uncertainty with Iran sent everything spiraling down in the morning. Then the modestly good news came that Trump was talking to oil producers like Chevron about how to stablize gas prices while new orders for capital goods jumped 3.3%, the largest increase in nearly six years.
Nasdaq, S&P 500 end lower on renewed AI growth worries ahead of big tech earnings
By Stephen Culp and Niket Nishant
Tue April 28, 2026
After only two days, concerns about the potential profitability of AI is back on the front page again with signs of weakening coming from OpenAI and its chief user Oracle. Whereas before the Dow was taking a big hit while tech soared, today tech took a major dump while the Dow, while not exactly soaring, did spend most of the day in the black gaining well over 200 at its height and then closing nearly flat. It appears that AI has taken bets off the table awaiting the reports from the major AI contributors later this week.
S&P 500, Nasdaq, close slightly higher in cautious start to a heavy earnings week
By Stephen Culp and Niket
Nishant
Mon April 27, 2026
There isn’t a whole lot of agreement on sentiment right now with the markets going in all different directions given the plethora of news coming this week. All the indexes opened in the red posting 3-digit losses until about 1 pm. Then everything but the Dow went into the black for the two tech indexes to close marginally higher but any plus meant a new record. The S&P in fact is now at a record high equivalent to doubling its value in the last 3-1/2 years. The question is if earnings will justify all these new records. So far, so good, with 28% of S&P companies reporting and 81% beating estimates.
S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records on tech lift, Iran peace talk hopes
By Chuck Mikolajczak and Niket
Nishant
Fri April 24, 2026
Two key events that likely happened right after the open were Iran sending their foreign minister to Pakistan to try to restart peace talks and the DOJ dropping the investigation again Powell. As all the indexes opened near flat but then almost immediately started zooming up and up until 12 pm, at which time they leveled off and remained steady the rest of the day resulting in a nice 3-digit gain on the Nasdaq and putting both tech indexes at four consecutive weeks of gains, their longest streak in over a year.
Stocks close lower on fading hopes for quick Iran deal, mixed quarterly earnings
By Chuck Mikolajczak and Niket
Nishant
Thu April 23, 2026
At 1 pm there was a drastic plunge in all the indexes, the Dow down over 600 by 2 pm as news came to an already war-weary and skeptical market that one of Iran’s key negotiators had resigned and further fell when oil prices rose on reports of renewed air attacks on Iran. But by 2 pm, as investors have been inclined to do, war news went on the back burner and the focus returned to the very strong Q1.
S&P, Nasdaq close at records on Iran ceasefire extension, earnings
By Chuck Mikolajczak and Niket
Nishant
Wed April 22, 2026
Yesterday, sentiment switched to being about the war with the expert saying, “it’s baffling to me that people think it’s going to be okay.” But with Trump’s after-hours announcement of an indefinite extension of the ceasefire, the market got its wish as all three indexes skyrocketed right out the gate and all three closing with all new record highs. So once again investors get to focus on Q1 earnings which continue to come in strong. Today’s sentiment on the war has switched to, “Everyone’s kind of sick of it … clearly the market is looking for a beneficial outcome.”
Wall Street falls as Middle East concerns offset earnings optimism
By Chuck Mikolajczak and Niket
Nishant
Tue April 21, 2026
Wall Street optimism dominated the opening with all three indexes well into gains, the Dow up some 400 by 10 a.m. Up until now, war news has been shrugged off in favor of solid Q1 earnings but today that flipped. Despite another round of solid Q1, focus today went to the war with the markets declining after 10 a.m. and for the rest of the session to close with substantial 3-digit losses. Some of this was triggered by the news of Vance not going to Pakistan after all.
Wall Street closes slightly down on renewed tensions between US, Iran
By Chuck Mikolajczak and Purvi
Agarwal
Mon April 20, 2026
It was pretty predictable that after the ceasefire more or less fell apart over the weekend and the Strait of Hormuz closed again after only one day, that the market would drop and the only wonder was that it didn’t drop a whole lot more. But as we’ve seen, investors are taking the war news pretty much in stride and are staying a lot more optimistic than otherwise. Indeed, all the indexes did drop quite a lot this morning, the Dow down over 200 by 11 a.m., but then, though quite choppy, all three recovered throughout the session, to close with only minor losses.
Wall Street indexes hit record highs as oil falls with Strait of Hormuz declared open
By Sinéad Carew and Niket
Nishant
Fri April 17, 2026
With Iran’s announcement that the Strait of Hormuz would now be open and Trump’s announcement that a peace deal could be reached as early as this weekend (though not yet confirmed by Iran), the markets exploded for a third consecutive day of new record highs. Oil plunged 11% which pacified investors that the concern about oil blowing up inflation was diminishing.
S&P 500, Nasdaq edge up to new records with Middle East hopes in focus
By Sinéad Carew and Niket Nishant
Thu April 16, 2026
More good Q1 news combined with an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire and a new promise of renewed talks with Iran shot the indexes up for a fourth straight day and though gains were modest on the tech side, any gains meant another record breaking day and the longest Nasdaq winning streak in 17 years. But until the war is actually over, there is still plenty of uncertainty.
S&P 500, Nasdaq push to closing records on optimism around Middle East talks, earnings
By Sinéad Carew and Niket
Nishant
Wed April 15, 2026
More positive Q1 reports from more banks combined with continued optimism on peace talks injected more confidence in the markets for the third day with both the Nasdaq and S&P reaching new records, the Nasdaq its first since October 29th. In fact, less than three weeks after Nasdaq signaled its correction it has already rebounded all the correction losses. The loser today was the Dow, down some 250 by 1 pm but then enjoyed its own rebound to close well above that low.
Wall Street rallies on renewed hopes for US-Iran talks, earnings boost
By Sinéad Carew and Niket
Nishant
Tue April 14, 2026
With talk of the likelihood of resumed peace talks in the next couple days and the U.S. move for talks between Israel and Lebanon, the indexes all shot straight up again. Optimism that we’ve reached peak uncertainty and that a rebound is coming, as today’s expert put it, “Markets are starting to kind of walk away from some of the worst-case scenarios for these events and because valuations have improved over the last couple of weeks and months, investors are buying the dip right now.”
Wall Street indexes gain as investors hold out hope for US-Iran resolution
By Sinéad Carew and Niket Nishant
Mon April 13, 2026
With the Iranian business falling apart over the weekend, it would have been an easy call for the markets to slump today and become a short-sellers fiesta. But that’s what makes the markets fun because exactly the opposite happened. All three indexes opened in the red, the Dow particularly bad at a minus 400, but right around the noon hour, everything started rebounding. Part of this was the on again-off again nature of the negotiations which has left investors immune to the war news. Another part was Trump once again announcing that Iran was back at the table.
Wall St ends mixed, notches weekly gains as investors parse Middle East negotiations
By Stephen Culp and Purvi Agarwal
Fri April 10, 2026
Starting at about 10:30 a.m., it was a shot straight down on the Dow all day as investors continue to digest war news and hedge bets on the cease-fire which has already been repeatedly violated. But though industrials sank, tech did much better with the S&P in the green until about 11:30 when it suddenly sank into the red for the rest of the day. The Nasdaq did even better, gaining some 200 by 11:30 before it too began to sink but still remained on the upside all day to be the only index to close with gains. The flight from the safety of industrials into the more risky tech sectors happens whenever there is more optimism.
Wall Street ends higher as Middle East peace talks lift sentiment
By Stephen Culp and Avinash
P
Thu April 9, 2026
Yesterday’s disruptions to the cease-fire quite predictably caused all three indexes to open down this morning, the Dow a minus 220 by 11 a.m. But the markets then began a recovery likely sparked by Israel seeking talks with Lebanon and continued optimism that the Iran agreements would hold, particularly the promise to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz which Iran had initially promised would happen today.
Wall Street ends sharply higher on US-Iran ceasefire
By Stephen Culp and Purvi Agarwal
Wed April 8, 2026
Since the two-week cease-fire agreement was announced nearly 3 hours after the markets closed yesterday, it was quite predictable that the indexes would soar today. And soar they did right out the gate and stayed there all day, the Dow racing up 4-digits to its biggest one-day gain in a year, while the S&P and Nasdaq regained a lot of the ground lost since the start of the war. This jubilation continued despite the hiccups in the cease-fire agreement that occurred throughout the day.
Wall Street closes mixed, with signs of progress as Trump's Iran deadline draws near
By Stephen Culp and Purvi
Agarwal
Tue April 7, 2026
The day started as a disaster with the Dow down over 650 points by 11 a.m. But once again investors chose to take the positive approach that there would be a peace deal and rather downplay Trump’s fiery rhetoric. There was encouragement when Pakistan said that talks were progressing steadily while urging a 2-week extension on the Iran attack deadline while also asking Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz for that 2-week period.
Wall St ends higher as investors parse US-Iran negotiations, threats
By Stephen Culp and Purvi
Agarwal
Mon April 6, 2026
Mixed messages continue to haunt the markets as investors try to balance peace talks vs Trump’s increasingly heated war rhetoric. But Wall Street continues to lean towards putting more weight on the peace talks. With that, the indexes were quite predictably bumpy again but ended on a positive note with both the Dow and Nasdaq closing with 3-digit gains. The jobs report released on Good Friday showed stellar gains, triple the forecast, but this was tempered by a sharp upward revision of February job losses with over 40,000 additional jobs gone.
Oil prices soar, and stocks end mixed in volatile trade
By Chris Prentice and Marc
Jones
Thu April 2, 2026 8:18 PM
Wall Street rallied like crazy the last two days almost entirely due to expectations that Trump would be announcing the end of the war last night. Then he did exactly the opposite, not only no end but at least a few more weeks of even more intense fighting. All the optimism faded and there was a huge crash right at open, the Dow coming down almost 700 points with the other indexes following suit. But it must have been the case come 10 a.m. that sentiment switched to business as usual as investors knew full well that it’s difficult to interpret Trump.
Wall Street ends higher on speculation about end to Iran war
By Noel Randewich and Purvi
Agarwal
Wed April 1, 2026
For a second straight day, optimism over an end to the war has sent stocks further up from yesterday’s huge rallies. Investors continue to choose to believe the Trump news or, as today’s expert put it, “We have Trump’s comments, which tend to change a bit. Everybody’s trying to guess as to what he really means by what he’s saying. The markets want it to be positive, they want the war to be over.” Today’s gains have lifted the S&P’s losses for the year to 4% vs yesterday’s 4.7%.
Wall Street soars as traders bet on potential war off-ramp
By Noel Randewich and Purvi
Agarwal
It must have been right around 12:30 pm that Trump told the Wall Street Journal that he was no longer holding the Strait of Hormuz as a condition for ending the war and Iranian media itself reported that the Iranian leader was now open to negotiation. For it was at that moment that all three indexes zoomed through the roof. The war has caused the biggest quarterly decline in four years and today saw the biggest one-day gain since last May.
Wall Street indexes end mostly lower as investors weigh Middle East conflict outlook
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Purvi
Agarwal
Mon March 30, 2026
A lot of mixed signals brought the indexes down, except the Dow that was up nearly 500 before sliding to near breakeven. The Nasdaq was down about 250 by 3:30 before recovering about half of that in the final half hour. But mixed messages were on the one hand Trump proclaiming talks going well and on the other hand taking steps to widen the war. In other bad war news, Yemen has entered the conflict on the side of Iran.
Stocks tumble, Dow confirms correction territory, as Middle East tensions drag
By Chuck Mikolajczak and Purvi
Agarwal
Fri March 27, 2026
It was another major drubbing. Usually a 1% 1-day drop is considered huge. Today the Nasdaq and Dow averaged a 2% 1-day drop, all indexes at their lowest in seven months and all three with 5 straight weeks of declines, the longest stretch in four years. The Dow today became the latest index to confirm a correction. And, per today’s expert, “I would view this as a big opportunity, but would not be surprised if we see a drawdown between 15 and 20% before it’s over.”
Nasdaq confirms correction, Wall Street slumps on Middle East uncertainty
By Sinéad Carew and Twesha
Dikshit
Thu March 26, 2026
The optimism lasted only a day. Iran has completely rejected the U.S. peace plan claiming it is completely slanted to U.S. advantage and Trump has resumed his threats of further attacks on the oil facilities. Thus, the price of oil spiked still more and all the indexes began a steady and continuing decline from 10 a.m. onwards. It was another bloodbath with major 3-digit losses all around and hopes for a near-term end of the war dashed, with nothing but uncertainty about the future of the conflict.
Wall Street advances as investors bet on Mideast de-escalation
By Sinéad Carew and Purvi
Agarwal
Wed March 25, 2026
At last, some good news from Iranian officials who, though still refusing to enter into any talks, did acknowledge receipt of the 15-point proposal and confirmed that they were “under consideration.” This sparked some real optimism that there would be further negotiations and any hint that the war may be on its way to resolution shot all three indexes straight up right out the gate.
Stocks slip, with oil prices higher as war uncertainty is high
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Amanda
Cooper
Tue March 23, 2026 6:44 PM
The Dow did better than tech but it was a red-ink rollercoaster all the way for the others, with the Nasdaq down as much as 230 points in both the morning and afternoon. The uncertainty over Iran just continues to escalate with on the one hand Trump saying talks are going well and we’re “talking to the right people” to Iran denying everything and even Trump admitting that nobody knows who the right people are anymore since so much of the leadership has been killed off.
Wall Street indexes rally after Trump postpones strikes on Iran's power plants
By Sinéad Carew and Purvi
Agarwal
Mon March 23, 2026
It was quite the teeter-totter day again with the indexes swinging wildly between two competing scenarios of Trump pushing a peace plan with Tehran and Tehran denying it. At its height the Dow was up over 1100, its lowest over 200. A major impetus was also Trump’s decision not to bomb Iran’s power plants just yet. That caused oil to drop and a corresponding jump in equities.
Wall Street skids as Middle East turmoil fans inflation fear
By Noel Randewich and Johann M Cherian
Fri March 20, 2026
It was another day of a thorough drubbing with major 3-digit losses all around, though losses were far more moderate until about 1 pm. Before 1 pm, it was just the usual war/inflation fears. It was probably right around 1 pm that Trump announced thousands of more Marines being deployed to the war region with no signs of the fighting letting up. It was at that point that everything went even further into hell.
Wall Street ends down as traders see no rate cuts before 2027
By Noel Randewich and Utkarsh
Hathi
Thu March 19, 2026
It was another day to get whooped but it started out much worse in the morning and through about 3 pm when all three indexes really took a dive, the Dow down some 500. At 3 pm, there was suddenly a very energetic buying spree that recovered all the day’s losses but unfortunately ended at 3:15 pm when just as suddenly they all went into a big dive again until close. The likely trigger were the European central banks following suit with the Fed and holding rates steady on the well publicized fear of oil-induced major inflation in our future resulting from the war.
Wall Street ends sharply lower after Fed keeps rates unchanged
By Noel Randewich and Utkarsh
Hathi
Wed March 18, 2026
It was another huge rout today but the headline “sharply lower after Fed keeps rates unchanged” is not quite accurate. The fact is that for quite some time now analysts have said no rate change in March. For a long while, the hopes were for June but once the war started, it became October and perhaps not at all. So the Fed decision today to keep rates unchanged was already long since priced in to the market. No indeed what happened was today’s PPI report which at 3.4% was considerably higher than the 2.9% forecast which was a foreboding of more inflation and dropping all the indexes considerably right out the gate. There was zero expectation of a rate cut, but major hopes that at least the Fed would signal that oil would not figure in to inflation policy.
Wall Street ends up as traders turn to Fed
By Noel Randewich and Johann M Cherian
Tue March 17, 2026
For no particular reason, all the indexes closed the day with modest gains except for tech which had a pretty good up day. But the day didn’t start that way with them all way up in the morning, the Dow almost 500. All the usual problems remain with the one positive being that Wall Street is betting on now one more rate cut near the end of the year (up from zero a couple days ago) and that tomorrow’s Fed announcement will bring more clarity on inflation.
Wall Street ends higher as traders return to AI stocks
By Noel Randewich and Johann M Cherian
Mon March 16, 2026
AI is once again today the darling of Wall Street with Meta planning to lay off 20% of its workers on the basis that AI will assist the remaining 80% to work more efficiently, thereby lending more credence in the future profitability of the technology. All three indexes zoomed straight up right out the gate a substantial 3-digits and stayed there all day. Major AI players saw a good boost. Investors also acted on news reports from Washington that Iranian, Indian, and Chinese tankers would soon be moving through the Strait of Hormuz, which dropped oil prices a bit but is also in direct contradiction to statements made by Iran last week.
