Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on May 9, 2025. NYSE U.S. stocks rose slightly on Wednesday, but gains were kept in check after private sector hiring hit its lowest level in more than two years, raising concerns trade policy uncertainty could be weighing on the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Landscape of Songdo International City. Incheon, South Korea. Photograph By Kangheewan. | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets advanced Wednesday after Wall Street rose on the back of a tech rally, led by chipmaker Nvidia, with South Korean stocks leading gains. Shares in the artificial intelligence darling advanced nearly 3%, extending Monday’s gains and driving…
Aaron Foster | The Image Bank | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Tuesday following gains on all three Wall Street benchmarks overnight, despite mounting global trade frictions. China pushed back against the U.S.’ accusations that it had violated a temporary trade agreement. Instead, the Asian powerhouse blamed Washington for failing to uphold the deal — a…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle company dropped 3% after sales in May declined in several European markets. Reuters reported that Tesla suffered weaker sales in Sweden, France, Spain, Denmark and the Netherlands, but improved in Norway, boosted by the revamped Model Y. Advertising stocks…
The stock market stumbled into the weekend after President Donald Trump on Friday said China violated the preliminary trade agreement the two sides reached earlier this month. The S & P 500 closed flat Friday after spending most of the session lower. The benchmark index, however, rose for the week and for the month of…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 27, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The S&P 500 ticked higher on Thursday as Nvidia shares staged a post-earnings rally. But gains were restricted as investors wondered what would come next after a…
Hongdae street in Seoul city, South Korea Twenty47studio | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Thursday after a U.S. federal court ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority with his “reciprocal” tariffs, dealing a blow to a major tenet of the president’s economic agenda. South Korea’s Kospi rose 1.76% and the small-cap…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Nvidia — The artificial intelligence chipmaker’s shares jumped 5% after Nvidia reported better-than-expected quarterly results , as its data center business recorded year-over-year growth of 73%. Nvidia reported first-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 96 cents on revenue of $44.06 billion, higher than analysts’ estimates for…
The Synopsys headquarters in Mountain View, California, on April 13, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of chip design software makers Cadence and Synopsys tumbled in Wednesday trading after The Financial Times reported that the White House told them to stop selling to clients in China. The Bureau of Industry and…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 19, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Stocks oscillated on Wednesday as investors parsed the latest earnings reports while awaiting Federal Reserve meeting minutes and Nvidia’s quarterly figures. The S&P 500 traded near…
