Nvidia, Alphabet, among other US tech stocks rally; S&P 500 technology index gains 0.5%
Also Read: Indian stock market: 7 key things that changed for market overnight - Gift Nifty, US tech stocks rally to oil prices Among tech stocks, Google’s parent Alphabet shares jumped 4.4% as Bloomberg News reported Apple Inc. is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone. Apple stock price ended 0.6% higher.
The communication services sector ended up almost 3%. Nvidia shares rose 0.7% and closed well below its session high after the chipmaker kicked off its annual developer conference and its Chief Executive Jensen Huang showed off new chips aimed at extending his company’s dominance of AI computing. Also Read: Nvidia launches AI-powered playground for building the future of 6G Tesla shares led S&P 500 percentage gains, ending 6.3% higher after the electric carmaker said it would soon increase the price of its Model Y EVs in parts of Europe.
Meta shares gained 2.66% to close at $496.98 apiece. Overall, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 75.66 points, or 0.20%, to 38,790.43, while the S&P 500 rose 32.33 points, or 0.63%, to 5,149.42. The Nasdaq Composite ended 130.27 points, or 0.82%, higher at 16,103.45, snapping three straight days of losses.
On the Nasdaq, 1,905 stocks rose and 2,400 fell as declining issues outnumbered advancers by about a 1.26-to-1 ratio, Reuters reported. Investors await the US Federal Reserve’s meeting this week for further cues on the timeline of interest rate cuts. (With inputs from Reuters)Milestone Alert!
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