Stock Market Today: Dow, S&p 500, Nasdaq Diverge After Nvidia Earnings, Economic Data
US stocks were mixed on Thursday as investors weighed AI chipmaker Nvidia’s (NVDA) earnings report and took stock of the economy amid President Trump's latest tariff pledges. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) hovered near the flat line, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slipped 0.4% after both indexes eked out closing gains on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose more than 250 points, or 0.7%, as investors dig into Nvidia's quarterly earnings beat, which signaled plenty of scope for growth.
- Investors are caught between the bull and bear camps, with some embracing Nvidia's robust Q4 earnings and others warning about potential headwinds from a strengthening US dollar.
- How will the growing tensions over trade policies, particularly those aimed at China, impact the overall trajectory of tech stocks in the coming months?