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• Stock Market Midday, Oct. 21: Tech Gains Lift Nasdaq as SpaceX Soars

  As of 11:41 AM ET, the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.09% to 26,717 on renewed optimism around AI, while the S&P 500 gained 0.52% to 7,752 as tech gains offset telecom weakness. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.29% to 52,647 on positive corporate reports. Gold was up 0.18% at $4,132.42, and the 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 5.11%. SpaceX surged over 10% after its quarterly results boosted AI sentiment, lifting Dell Technologies, which rose 6% in early trading.

  Yahoo Finance·21/10, 16:56▲ QQQ▲ SPY▲ GOOGLNasdaqS&P 500SpaceX
• US stocks open higher following strong profits reports from companies including SpaceX

  U.S. stocks edged higher Wednesday morning as strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One and other large companies offset weakness at Netflix and AT&T. As of 10 a.m. Eastern, the S&P 500 rose 0.2%, the Dow gained 47 points (0.1%) and the Nasdaq rose 0.7%. SpaceX shares jumped 11.2% after its summer profit beat analyst expectations, while Netflix fell 2.7% and AT&T dropped 4.4% despite also beating profit forecasts. The 10-year Treasury yield eased to 5.09% from 5.12%, and Brent crude slipped 0.6% to $108.14 a barrel.

  goskagit.com·21/10, 14:00▲ SPY▲ QQQS&P 500NasdaqSpaceX
• Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as earnings roll in, SpaceX stock surges

  US stock futures rose as SpaceX's better-than-expected quarterly results, driven by AI infrastructure and cloud growth, revived enthusiasm for AI stocks; Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.9%, S&P 500 futures 0.3%, and Dow futures were little changed. SpaceX shares jumped 6% after hours, and Musk said SpaceX and Tesla (TSLA) have each formed special committees to discuss a merger. Tesla and Meta (META) report after the bell Wednesday, kicking off Big Tech's earnings season. Netflix (NFLX) shares fell premarket after its Q4 revenue forecast missed estimates and 2026 ad revenue guidance was lowered. Brent crude rose to $109 per barrel, while WTI traded near $98.

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• ​​​​​​​MARKETS LIVE : Wall Street ends volatile week with tech sell - off

  Wall Street ended a volatile week lower on Friday as selling in technology stocks pushed the Nasdaq Composite down 2.1% to 26,140, with the S&P 500 down 1.1% to 7,659 and the Dow off 0.3% at 52,002. For the week, the Nasdaq lost 4.5%, its worst weekly performance since late June, while the Dow gained 0.7% as investors rotated out of tech. Brent crude touched $110 a barrel for the first time since May as Iran escalated attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Netflix is replacing its chief content officer after announcing layoffs affecting 6% of its workforce, and Anthropic is reportedly valued by some investors at about $1.5 trillion ahead of its November IPO, below earlier expectations of $2 trillion.

  proactiveinvestors.com·16/10, 21:00▼ NVDA▼ QQQ▼ AAPL▼ AMZNWall StreetNasdaqtech stocks
• Oil surges to $110 per barrel for the first time since May

  Tech stocks lost more than $1 trillion in value on Friday as oil hit a five-month high, with the Nasdaq 100 down 2.5% and about 7% below the record it set only last week, while the Philadelphia semiconductor index fell 3.8% for its eighth straight daily loss, the longest such streak since 2008. Brent crude topped $110 a barrel intraday and closed the week at $109.86, its highest close since May 19, while U.S. crude jumped 3.5% to $101.41, the first time WTI crossed $100 since September. Energy prices have climbed since late February, when the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran and the Strait of Hormuz closed, and a Russia-Ukraine escalation has hit Russian refining capacity, pushing diesel prices up even faster than gasoline. President Donald Trump is focused on diesel costs ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms, but his Russian diesel deal has yet to show any actual barrels reaching the global market, and a bill to block it has little chance in the Republican-controlled House. Investors also questioned when massive AI spending would pay off, as CoreWeave and Nebuius were the Nasdaq 100's worst performers that day, and a day earlier analyst Ed Yardeni cut his year-end S&P 500 target to 7,900 fro

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• Oil Prices Are Back Above $100 . History Says the Biggest Stock Market Loser May Now Offer the Biggest Upside .

  Oil prices have mostly stayed above $100 a barrel due to supply concerns tied to the Iran war, and energy is the best-performing S&P 500 sector this year with a gain of more than 50%. The author argues energy stocks may have limited upside unless oil keeps rising, since they tend to move with oil, and believes oil is more likely to fall once the conflict is resolved, with annualized inflation at 3.7% in September. Instead, the article favors consumer discretionary stocks, the worst-performing sector this year with a 7% loss, trailing the S&P 500 by roughly 20 percentage points amid near-record-low consumer sentiment and affordability pressures. It points to 2022, when Brent crude rose 35% while the consumer discretionary ETF fell 36%, and 2023, when Brent finished about 3% lower while the sector gained around 40%, as a recent precedent for a rebound if the war ends and inflation cools. The author stresses this is not a prediction, but XLY could offer one of the better long-term opportunities for outperformance.

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