Traders enactment astatine the New York Stock Exchange connected August 20, 2025.
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U.S. equity futures were small changed connected Thursday evening, aft the S&P 500 registered a caller grounds driven by renewed optimism astir the artificial quality trade.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 63 points, oregon 0.1%. S&P 500 futures pulled backmost 0.02%, portion Nasdaq 100 futures declined 0.06%.
Investors besides parsed caller firm net successful extended trading. Shares of Ulta Beauty precocious astir 3% aft hours pursuing a beardown full-year outlook, portion Autodesk banal gained much than 11% acknowledgment to better-than-expected guidance. Shares of Dell Technologies slipped 5% pursuing a soft outlook for the existent quarter.
Stocks are coming disconnected a winning session, with the S&P 500 closing up 0.3% astatine 6,501.86 — the archetypal clip supra the 6,500-mark. Earlier, the broad-based scale acceptable caller all-time intraday high. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.5%, portion the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the time up astir 0.2%. The Dow's 45,636.90 decorativeness was besides a caller grounds high.
Better-than-expected quarterly earnings from Nvidia helped solidify capitalist assurance successful the wellness of the AI trade. Although Nvidia's net initially sparked immoderate interest tied its information halfway concern and lone somewhat better-than-expected gross for the existent quarter, the study helped assistance adjacent spot stocks that initially pulled back. Nvidia banal yet ended the time down little than 1%.
"I deliberation if idiosyncratic is trying to ringing the doorbell astatine the apical for AI, they're underestimating however rapidly penetration grows. We're astir apt successful the archetypal 4th oregon archetypal 3rd of that rhythm for AI," Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder and caput of probe Tom Lee told CNBC's "Power Lunch" connected Thursday.
Investors volition present crook their attraction to caller ostentation information to headdress disconnected the last trading time of August with the idiosyncratic depletion expenditures index. Economists polled by Dow Jones expect that the PCE speechmaking for July volition amusement an summation of 0.2% for the period and 2.6% for the year.
With each 3 large indexes astatine oregon adjacent grounds highs, the gains for the period person been solid. The 30-stock Dow is up 0.01% week to date, but it has logged a 3.4% beforehand successful August. The S&P 500 has tallied a 0.5% summation week to date, and is up 2.6% truthful acold this month. The tech-heavy Nasdaq added astir 1% this week, which has helped boost August's summation to 2.8%.
Solana is jumping this week portion bitcoin and ether instrumentality a breather
Institiutional involvement is shifting toward Solana this week arsenic bitcoin and ether stay successful their pullback.
The token tied to Solana connected Thursday roseate arsenic precocious arsenic $216.87, its highest level successful six months. It's up much than 7.5% for the week, compared to bitcoin and ETH's week-to-date declines of 3% and 6%, respectively. The determination besides pulls SOL's month-to-date summation (22%) supra ETH's (20%).
The token has been climbing since VanEck past Friday filed to motorboat a staked Solana ETF successful concern with the decentralized concern level Jito. Adding to that momentum was a Bloomberg report earlier this week that Galaxy and Jump are seeking $1 cardinal for a SOL treasury vehicle.
— Tanaya Macheel
Stocks making the biggest moves aft hours
Check retired immoderate of the companies making headlines successful extended trading.
- Ulta Beauty — The cosmetics and quality products retailer surged astir 6% aft raising its full-year net and gross forecast. Ulta expects full-year gross of $12 cardinal to $12.1 billion, supra the $11.7 cardinal estimation from analysts polled by LSEG. Ulta expects full-year net of $23.85 to $24.30 per share, portion analysts were expecting $23.65.
- Ambarella — The semiconductor plan institution climbed astir 19% pursuing third-quarter guidance that topped analysts' estimates. Ambarella expects gross successful the existent 4th of $100 cardinal to $108 million, portion analysts polled by LSEG had seen $91 million. The steadfast besides topped expert estimates connected the apical and bottommost enactment successful the 2nd quarter.
- Affirm Holdings — The buy-now-pay-later fintech supplier rallied 9% aft fiscal fourth-quarter net and gross bushed expert estimates. Affirm earned 20 cents per stock connected gross of $876 million, portion analysts polled by LSEG were looking for 11 cents per stock connected $837 million.
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— Brian Evans
Stock futures are small changed
Stock futures were small changed connected Thursday, aft the S&P 500 deed a caller intraday grounds during regular trading.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average pulled backmost 57 points, oregon 0.1%, portion S&P 500 futures dipped 0.02%. Nasdaq 100 futures mislaid 0.06%.
— Brian Evans
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