U.S. stocks closed higher for a third consecutive session Tuesday as chip stocks rebounded sharply and Nvidia snapped its longest losing streak since 2022, just one day ahead of its closely watched earnings report. Falling Treasury yields and retreating oil prices provided a supportive backdrop, even as fresh U.S.-Canada tariff retaliation added geopolitical noise. Market breadth was notably thin for a broad advance — fewer than 200 S&P 500 stocks were higher through the first hour of trading — suggesting the rally was concentrated in a handful of large, AI-linked names rather than reflecting broad-based conviction.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.30%
The S&P 500 Index rose 0.32%
The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.66%
Stock & Sector Performance
Technology and AI infrastructure names were the standout theme, rebounding from Monday's steep selloff. Super Micro Computer surged 8.87% after Cisco announced a partnership to expand its AI infrastructure portfolio, Robinhood Markets gained 7.19%, Marvell Technology rose 6.6% on analyst price-target increases ahead of its Thursday earnings report, and CDW added 6.67%. On the downside, Dick's Sporting Goods cratered 26.1% after missing second-quarter earnings estimates and slashing its full-year profit outlook, Albemarle fell roughly 5.2%–5.9% after JPMorgan cut its price target to $140 from $160, and Target dropped 4.3% on profit-taking following its post-earnings rally. Within the Dow specifically, gains were led by Nvidia, Cisco Systems, and Merck, while Nike, Walmart, and Chevron lagged.
Magnificent Seven trading was led by Nvidia, which rose roughly 2% to around $212, officially snapping its seven-session losing streak — its longest since 2022, during which the stock had shed about 7% to 7.5% of its value — just ahead of Wednesday's after-the-bell fiscal second-quarter earnings report. Shares remain up more than 13% year-to-date despite the recent drawdown, though that still trails the PHLX Semiconductor Index's roughly 61%–66% gain over the same period. Elsewhere in the group, Meta Platforms rose approximately 1.6% and Tesla added roughly 1%, both benefiting from the broader growth-stock rotation. Reliable closing figures for Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet were not available in today's reporting at publication time.
Major Company Story of the Day
The session's most dramatic single-stock move came from Dick's Sporting Goods, which plunged 26.1% after the sporting-goods retailer missed Wall Street's second-quarter earnings estimates and cut its full-year profit guidance. The decline stood out even against a backdrop of otherwise positive market breadth, with the spread between the S&P 500's best and worst performers on the day exceeding 43 percentage points — a sign that individual stock selection, rather than broad index direction, was driving much of Tuesday's dispersion.
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