U.S. equities gained at midday Wednesday on an artificial intelligence initiative announced by the White House and strong earnings reports.
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The S&P 500 hits a record high as Trump's tariff threats fail to spook markets
Markets moved higher in mid-day trading Wednesday, with the S&P 500 index hitting a new record high on renewed optimism around President Donald Trump’s trade policies.
Ally Financial Stock Surges as Company Beats Profit Estimates, Sells Credit Card Business
Ally Financial shares surged Wednesday after the financial firm topped earnings and revenue estimates as it cut costs, and announced it was selling its credit card business.
Early Cancer Detection Firm Grail Leads Nasdaq Gainers as Stock Jumps 20%
Shares of medical technology firm Grail surged 20% to lead Nasdaq 100 winners Wednesday.
STOXX 600 closes at near four-month high as markets brush aside tariff concerns
European stocks closed higher on Wednesday, driven by heavyweight technology and industrial sectors, with markets seeming unfazed by tariff anxieties stirred by recent declarations from U.S. President Donald Trump. Heavyweight technology stocks <.SX8P> led the charge, rising 1.3%, with technology stocks on Wall Street gaining on upbeat earnings. Despite Trump's promises to levy new tariffs on the European Union and his threats to impose a 10% tariff on Chinese goods by February 1, the markets remained resilient.
Coinbase Asks U.S. Appeals Court to Say On-Platform Crypto Trades Aren’t Securities
In a Tuesday filing, lawyers for Coinbase argued that their case offered “the single best opportunity” to decide how to regulate secondary crypto trading.