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US stocks extend win streak on peace deal hopes, AI excitement

Traders also parsed a narrowing of the US merchandise-trade deficit as exports rose

The S&P 500 rose 15.7 points, or 0.21 per cent, at the open to 7,579.33​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 43.4 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 26,960.84 at the opening bell.

Wall St edges higher at open with Mideast deal updates in focus

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (May 29), after closing at record highs the previous session, with markets awaiting details on reports that the US and Iran had reached a ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out small gains in afternoon trade to finish at another closing high.

S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record closing highs as US and Iran agree to extend ceasefire

Renewed confidence in AI and earnings growth momentum have underscored the recent rally despite the Middle East tensions

The S&P 500 gained 1.71 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 7,521.68 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 6.80 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 26,667.93.

Wall St muted as investors assess inflation data, Mideast developments

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes retreated from record highs on Thursday (May 28) as escalating tensions between the US. and Iran dampened hopes of an imminent peace deal, while investors digeste...

Markets will next look towards the personal consumption expenditures index data on Thursday.

Wall Street indexes post closing record highs, AI rally pauses

Goldman Sachs has raised its 2026 year-end forecast for the S&P 500 to 8,000 from 7,600

The S&P 500 Index opened 0.6 per cent higher on Tuesday (May 26) morning, on track for a fourth day of gains.

US stocks gain on optimism over US-Iran deal to open Hormuz

[NEW YORK] US equities climbed and US oil prices were lower as investors bet that a deal to re-open the Strait of Hormuz was close, even as hostilities flared to test the fragile ceasefire.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 149.0 points, or 0.30 per cent, at the open to 50,434.65.

Wall St rises at open, Dow hits record high

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (May 22) with the Dow hitting an intraday record high as investors watched for progress in talks to end the nearly three-month Middle East...

The S&P 500 fell 22.2 points, or 0.30 per cent, at the open to 7,410.78​, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 126.7 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 26,143.616 at the opening bell.

Wall St opens lower as oil jumps on renewed Mideast concerns

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (May 21) as oil prices surged following a Reuters report that Iran’s Supreme ‌Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei ordered the country’s nea...