AI stocks recovered part of last week's steep losses on Wall Street, while European indexes fell more than 1% after violent weekend protests. The S&P 500 gained 0.4%, the Nasdaq rose 0.9%, and the Dow slipped 44 points, or 0.1%. CoreWeave rose 0.6% after trimming an early 7% gain, following a 25.2% plunge last week, and Nvidia added 0.6%. The 10-year Treasury yield edged up to 5.10%, after touching 5.30% earlier this month, its highest level since 2002. Brent crude fell 1.6% to $108.13 a barrel, and Cleveland-Cliffs jumped 7.7% after reporting a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit.
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | ETF |
| Close on 10/16/2026 | 709.82 |
| Change that session | -2.50% |
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | Information Technology |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Market cap | $5.2T |
| Close on 10/16/2026 | 214.14 |
| Change that session | -1.42% |
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| Sector | ETF |
| Close on 10/16/2026 | 763.31 |
| Change that session | -1.10% |
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