US equities ripped higher on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, as cooling oil prices, ebbing Middle East risk, and anticipation around blockbuster NVIDIA earnings combined to extend this year’s AI-led risk rally.
Index recap and risk tone
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged…
U.S. equities closed lower on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, as another move higher in long‑term yields pressured the AI‑heavy growth complex and extended the market’s pullback from recent record highs.markets.
Closing levels and performance
The major U.S. indices finished in the red,…
US stocks traded choppy on Monday, May 18, 2026, as investors balanced war headlines, rising oil, and anticipation for Nvidia’s mid‑week earnings, with indexes hovering near recent records while breadth and small caps lagged. Bond yields eased after last week’s spike, even…
U.S. stocks logged a choppy week through Friday, May 14, 2026 when it sold off solidly at the end of the week, as major indexes pushed to fresh records even while rising bond yields and pre‑earnings jitters around Nvidia (NVDA) kept…
U.S. stocks finished broadly higher on Thursday, May 14, 2026, with the major indices rising in unison as the AI trade roared back and investors looked past lingering inflation worries.
Index performance
All three major benchmarks advanced, with the AI‑heavy Nasdaq leading…
US stocks saw a split personality session Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hovering around record territory on the strength of big tech and chips, even as a hotter producer‑inflation print kept pressure on the broader tape and the Dow.
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US stocks erased early gains and finished mixed on Tuesday as a hotter‑than‑expected April CPI report rattled rate‑cut hopes and knocked the air out of the recent tech‑led melt‑up.
Index recap
The S&P 500 (-.16%) and Nasdaq (-.71%) slipped from record territory…
US stocks finished modestly higher across the board on Monday, with the Dow grinding up, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notching fresh record closes, and energy leading as oil jumped +3.09% to $98.37/bbl on renewed Middle East tensions and “CPI Eve” nerves.…
U.S. equities finished the week of May 4–8 higher, with gains led by mega‑cap tech and semiconductors as investors digested a solid but cooling April jobs report and reassured Fed guidance that policy will remain mildly restrictive but not overtly hawkish.
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U.S. stocks took a modest pause on Thursday, May 7, 2026, as investors digested record-level index moves, rising oil, another big earnings wave, and positioned ahead of Friday’s pivotal April jobs report.
Equity markets today
After this week’s sharp run-up that pushed…
