S&P 500 Index
Australia and Japan markets climb, looking past Iran war escalation fears
Pedestrians at Pitt Street Mall in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty Images Markets in Australia and Japan mostly rose Friday, mirroring gains on Wall Street that saw both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite reach new highs. This comes as investors took in strong earnings from Apple […]
Read More
Stock futures rise after the S&P 500 hits a record to wrap April’s trading: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 30, 2026. NYSE U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday night after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose to new intraday and closing highs to round out trading for the month of April. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed around […]
Read More
Jim Cramer says the market’s biggest winners all have one thing in common
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said there are essentially only two sectors in the market these days — the data center stocks and everything else. “The data center, the data center, the data center,” said the “Mad Money” host. “You probably tempted to say enough already … but this quarter it went mainstream.” The S&P 500 closed […]
Read More
Pricey NFL, NBA ownership stakes are pushing investors to smaller leagues and driving valuations higher
Trinity Rodman #2 of Washington Spirit evades Sarah Schupansky #11 of Gotham FC during the NWSL Championship 2025 final between Washington Spirit and NJ/NY Gotham FC at PayPal Park on November 22, 2025 in San Jose, California. Lyndsay Radnedge/isi Photos | Isi Photos | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in the […]
Read More
Fed day, Starbucks earnings, UAE leaves OPEC and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. I couldn’t help but feel a pang of déjà vu reading about Jimmy Kimmel’s return to the White House’s crosshairs. S&P 500 futures are little changed this morning. All three major averages logged a negative session yesterday. Here are five […]
Read More
Defense stocks have floundered since the Iran war began. Here’s why
Defense stocks haven’t been the slam-dunk play some investors expected as the U.S.-Iran war broke out. The iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) has dropped about 12% since the start of March, when the Middle East conflict began escalating following the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran. The S & P 500 added 3.5% over the […]
Read More
Musk and Altman go to trial, GM earnings, Spotify’s fitness push and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. Shares of key players in the artificial intelligence trade — like Oracle, Nvidia and SoftBank Group — are all falling this morning following a report that OpenAI missed internal targets for revenue and user growth. Stock futures are mixed in […]
Read More