GE Aerospace raised its guidance, Taiwan Semi shows a record profit. Retail sales bounce back. Jobless claims fall.

Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock saw a massive rally across the first half of 2025's trading. The tech company's share price rose 80.3% across the stretch against the backdrop of a 5.5% gain for the S&P 500 index, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence

Shares of e-commerce software platform Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) jumped 4.3% in the afternoon session after the second quarter (2025) earnings season got off to a strong start. Quarterly earnings reports released during the week exceeded Wall Street's expectations,

Nvidia took a $4.5 billion write-off in its latest quarter on unsold H20 chips that it was unable to repurpose for other markets. If sales of these high-volume chips to China resume, a reversal of this write-off could boost earnings.

Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ:IBKR) stock climbed 4.8% in Thursday after-hours trading after posting better-than-expected second-quarter headline results, bolstered by higher customer trading volume. Q2 2025 adjusted EPS of $0.

Trump’s tariffs and trade war continue to affect global markets. Follow along for live updates on the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

Retail sales for June point to something the stock market already feels pretty confident about: U.S. consumers will keep spending, even if bigger tariffs hit in a few weeks. U.S. stocks finished higher Thursday — with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite each scoring fresh records — after a June retail sales report showed Americans were keeping their wallets open,

Tech led US stocks on Tuesday as a key consumer inflation print showed inflation accelerated in June, big banks kicked off earnings season, and Nvidia was set to receive a green light for trade with China from the Trump administration.

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The Dow Jones index rose Thursday on surprise jobless claims and retail sales. Nvidia chipmaker TSMC rose on earnings.