US Equity Investors to Monitor Mag-7 Earnings, Fed's Monetary Policy Path, Inflation Data This Week Amid Faltering AI Trade

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• S & P 500 ends higher as traders shift from AI to healthcare

  The S&P 500 closed up 0.33% at 7,744.06 points after early losses, as investors moved from AI stocks into healthcare and consumer names such as Eli Lilly, UnitedHealth and Walmart. Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise fell 6.9% and 7.1% on worries about AI firms facing higher borrowing costs. The Nasdaq rose 0.08% to 26,713.03 points and the Dow gained 1.08% to 52,177.69 points. US producer prices rose by the most in years, and traders priced a 67% chance of a Fed rate hike by December, up from 62% on Wednesday. Rocket Lab fell 6.6% after delaying its Neutron rocket launch, and FMC plunged over 30% after cutting its third-quarter outlook.

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