Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Friday ahead of a pivotal July jobs report. AI name Cloudflare stock soars on earnings.
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World shares were mixed Friday after a modest retreat on Wall Street, while the price of Brent crude gained more than 1%. In early European trading, Germany's DAX rose 0.4% to 26,253.77, while the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.2% higher to 8,715.47. Selling of computer chipmakers and other stocks linked to the boom in artificial intelligence appeared to taper off a bit as Tokyo's Nikkei 225 lost 0.1% to 65,606.71.
Hertz stock jumped in premarket trading Thursday after the company’s quarterly earnings topped Wall Street estimates, offering some relief to weary investors. A year ago, Hertz reported a comparable 29-cent loss from sales of just under $2.2 billion. Shares were up 17% at $1.82 in premarket trading, while and futures were up 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises, while tech futures drop as AI stocks Sandisk and Western Digital plunge on earnings.
Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $3.20 from sales of $1.6 billion, up from a comparable EPS of 11 cents and sales of $1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2025. Things are a lot better year over year because commodity prices are up. Through Wednesday trading, Albemarle stock was down 16% year to date and up 74% over the past 12 months.
President Donald Trump discussed efforts to de-escalate US-Iran tensions with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
U.S. stocks surged and oil fell sharply after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could reach a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz “today or tomorrow.”
The entertainment company is set to report fiscal third-quarter earnings ahead of Wednesday’s opening bell.
Caterpillar bulldozed Q2 earnings forecasts as the heavy equipment giant reported a $72 billion backlog, up 92% from a year ago. Long a global economic bellwether, Caterpillar has become a bellwether for the AI infrastructure boom amid soaring demand for its gas turbines to power data centers. The construction segment was Caterpillar's biggest growth driver in Q2, but growth was strong across the board.
Dow Jones Futures: Trump's Iran comments sparked a big stock market rally Monday. Palantir soared on earnings, while SpaceX earnings are due.
For Cat’s second quarter, Wall Street projects earnings per share of $6.22, up from $4.72 a year ago.
U.S. stocks jumped and oil prices fell sharply as President Trump signaled a return to diplomacy with Iran.
The electrical infrastructure supplier reported second-quarter earnings per share of $3.15, with sales of $8.5 billion. Wall Street was looking for EPS of $3.07 and sales of $8.2 billion.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Friday even as Apple dives on a weak sales forecast. Amazon stock surges on earnings.
The tech rebound has legs. Stock futures were rising early Friday as the technology sector looked set to end a bad July on a positive note despite disappointing earnings from Apple. S&P 500 futures rose 0.
U.S. stocks rallied, with the Nasdaq jumping 2.8%, as Microsoft’s robust earnings report restored momentum to the artificial-intelligence boom.
Wall Street is set to open higher on Thursday as strong Microsoft results helped technology stocks recover from their sharp post-Federal Reserve sell-off. Dow Jones futures were up 225 points, or 0.4%, while S&P 500 futures pointed to a 0.6% gain and the Nasdaq was called 1.3%...