It was a stellar week for stocks as Wall Street speculated on the Federal Reserve’s upcoming and highly anticipated interest rate decision and what comes next. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq each hit multiple record highs since Monday. A mixed bag of economic data, along with a blowout earnings report from Oracle ,…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks rose on Thursday as traders anticipated that the latest reading of a key consumer inflation gauge won’t stand in the way of the Federal Reserve lowering its benchmark interest rate next…
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 led gains in Asia Thursday to notch a record high of 44,251.65, mirroring gains on Wall Street overnight on Fed-rate cut hopes and positive inflation data. One of Nikkei 255’s heavyweights, tech investment firm SoftBank Group, jumped nearly 10% to notch a second straight day of gains. Other top movers were…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Sept. 9, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters S&P 500 futures rose Wednesday, boosted by a positive forecast from Oracle, as traders looked ahead to the release of new inflation data. Futures tied to the broad benchmark added 0.2%,…
Oracle CEO Safra Catz, center, speaks during a dinner at the White House in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Alex Wong | Getty Images Oracle shares spiked 27% in extended trading on Tuesday after the database software maker indicated hefty growth prospects due to new cloud contracts, even as earnings and revenue missed estimates. Here’s…
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : Oracle — The tech old guard jumped 23% after reporting that multicloud database revenue from Amazon, Google and Microsoft grew at the rate of 1,529% in its last quarter. Shares surged despite the company also reporting fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue that came in below…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market update : Stocks are slightly higher on Tuesday in what’s generally been an up-and-down session. The big banks are having a strong day thanks to…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 26, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were little changed on Monday night after the Nasdaq Composite hit a new record. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 57 points, or…
Apple shareholders and investors betting on a Federal Reserve rate cut have received good news lately. The week ahead offers tests to both camps. Fresh off Friday’s soft jobs report, the other side of the Fed’s dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability will take center stage in the coming days. But first, we’ll…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman walks on the day of a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters OpenAIÂ has sharply raised its projected cash burn through 2029 to $115 billion as it…
