Stock market today: Wall Street rises as easing yields in the bond market relax the pressure

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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising Wednesday as the pressure that's built on stocks recently from the bond market relaxed a bit. The S&P 500 was 1.2% higher in afternoon trading, trimming its loss for what's so far been a dismal August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 203 points, or 0.6%, at 34,492, as of 2:13 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 1.7%. Big Tech stocks and others that benefit from easier interest rates led the way. They got some relief as the 10-year Tre

NEW YORK — Wall Street is rising Wednesday as the pressure that's built on stocks recently from the bond market relaxed a bit.

Nvidia, another one of the market's most influential stocks, was 2.8% higher ahead of its profit report scheduled to come out after trading ends. It's a pivotal test for the entire stock market because it could show whether the frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology that's helped to lift Wall Street this year is deserved or overdone.

Nvidia and a just a handful of other companies were behind the majority of the S&P 500’s gains earlier this year. Many of those “Magnificent Seven” stocks were benefiting from the AI frenzy as well. “A near-stalling of business activity in August raises doubts over the strength of US economic growth in the third quarter,” said Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence.

 

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