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AMD stock is on fire. Its huge May gain follows a 74% surge in April.

As Analog Devices has surpassed the S&P 500 Index over the past year, analysts are bullish about the stock’s prospects.

Amazon (AMZN) stock is up about 14.63% year to date, at the time of writing, Monday afternoon, June 1. Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 Index (SPY) is up about 11.01% in the same period. And while Amazon has just slightly outpaced the S&P 500, it has also outpaced all but two Magnificent 7 ...

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1% while the S&P 500 was up 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.4%. The tail end of a robust first-quarter earnings season, ongoing artificial intelligence strength, and inflation figures roughly in line with expectations were enough to push equities higher today—familiar trends that have helped push the Nasdaq to its best two-month stretch in decades.

US stock futures slipped as investors weighed uncertainty over Iran talks alongside the latest developments in AI.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks posted modest gains on Monday, with the Dow nudging up slightly, the S&P 500 adding about a quarter of a percent and the Nasdaq gaining just over four-tenths of a percent.</p><p>Tech shares rose 2.5%, boosting the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 to the latest in a series of record closing highs.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among the stocks lifting the sector was Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which rose 9% ahead of the release of its quarterly earnings. After the close, shares jumped another 35% when HPE posted record second-quarter results, prompting the company to accelerate its long-term financial goals by two years as expansion of AI data centers boosts demand for its servers and networking products.</p><p>Brad Long, chief investment officer at Wealthspire, said it's that kind of blockbuster earnings report that continues to power the market higher.</p><p>"If we look at S&P right now, on track for about 20% earnings growth - that's an incredible rate mid-cycle here. And so the markets have really been somewhat melting up, and they've been doing that on fundamentals. Now that's helped them look through the volatility in the Middle East. It's helped them look through an economy that's growing and robust, but maybe not exactly where you would want it to see this level of markets and making new highs. But it's really a story about the fundamentals."</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among other movers, shares of Nvidia rose more than 6% after the company unveiled a new chip that puts AI capabilities directly into personal computers. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the chip is the result of a three-year partnership with Microsoft to, quote, "reinvent the PC" for the AI era. Shares of Microsoft added more than 2%.</p><p>Other semiconductor stocks were mixed. Qualcomm tumbled nearly 9% and Intel fell more than 4.5%. But Micron rose about 6.5% and breached the $1,000 mark for the first time.</p><p>:: ServiceNow</p><p>And software stocks rebounded from a heavy sell-off earlier this year on AI disruption fears. ServiceNow climbed more than 9%, while IBM gained about 7.5%.</p></body>

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is one of the 12 Stocks Most Bought by Hedge Funds in Q1 2026. On May 21, Wolfe Research reiterated its Outperform rating on Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) with a price target of $800, pointing to an attractive valuation despite worries about the company’s capital expenditure levels. Wolfe Research pointed out […]

Is Microsoft stock's comeback just getting started?

The June 2nd earnings call will give investors more detail on HIVE’s mining profitability, power capacity, and whether its AI/HPC plans are moving from land and power access toward funded capacity and customer commitments.

American Airlines (AAL) concluded the recent trading session at $14.34, signifying a -2.05% move from its prior day's close.

In the latest trading session, Phillips 66 (PSX) closed at $180.24, marking a +2.48% move from the previous day.

What's causing setbacks for Rocket Lab stock's incredible rally?

Energy businesses quietly power the physical things we depend on, from cars and homes to e-commerce infrastructure. But their prominence also brings high exposure to the ups and downs of economic and energy cycles. Luckily, the tide is turning in their favor as the industry’s 29% return over the past six months has topped the S&P 500 by 18.1 percentage points.

The latest trading day saw Kroger (KR) settling at $61.52, representing a -1.01% change from its previous close.

Deckers (DECK) closed at $110.82 in the latest trading session, marking a -2.66% move from the prior day.

SkyWest (SKYW) concluded the recent trading session at $81.9, signifying a -4.38% move from its prior day's close.

Today, June 1, 2026, Nvidia's superchip and a software comeback helped keep U.S. indexes near record highs even as higher oil prices pressured the Dow.

On June 1, 2026, surging moviegoer traffic and record May attendance put this embattled theater chain back in focus for investors.

On June 1, 2026, CoreWeave’s industry-first rollout of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin NVL72 sharpened focus on its AI data center ambitions.

President Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that talks with Iran “are continuing, at a rapid pace.”

Today, June 1, 2026, investors are weighing a revenue and earnings beat against surging AI infrastructure demand and record trading volume.

James Demmert explains why foreign markets are beating the U.S.—and the five international stocks he thinks can outperform the S&P 500.

US equity indexes rose after President Donald Trump claimed Israel and Hezbollah agreed to dial back

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) has become one of the market’s biggest AI winners. The stock has rocketed over 250% year to date and more than 100% in the past month alone, fueled by explosive demand for AI infrastructure. Yet even some bulls are beginning to question how much future growth is already reflected in the share ... Analyst Says Dell’s Momentum Is Real, But Valuation Is Risky with Stock Up 250% YTD

Wall Street's equity benchmarks hit fresh peaks on Monday, buoyed by gains in the technology sector

Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude, said Monday that it had filed confidential paperwork with federal regulators in preparation for selling its stock to the public. The company is expected to be one of three trillion-dollar debuts on the stock market this year, along with Elon Musk’s rocket and AI venture SpaceX and OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. SpaceX filed to go public in April and OpenAI is expected to do so soon. (The Washington Post has a content partnership with OpenAI.)Subscribe to The Po

June is finally here and US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are feeling awfully festive, all three of the major indexes notching new records in the first trading day of the month. Nomura Asset Management chief investment strategist Andy Goldberg looks at why the market's biggest movers are still so concentrated within the AI trade and whether these stock prices are justified.

Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a closer look at how the S&P 500 (^GSPC) is performing both with and without leading AI stocks, noting major market events like the ongoing US-Iran war.

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