Sharp divergence in the performance of U.S. stock indices amid significant losses for Google.
The trading session on Thursday saw a sharp divergence in the performance of U.S. stock indices on Wall Street, with the Nasdaq index dropping sharply while the Dow Jones index posted significant gains, as the U.S. technology sector suffers losses in the shares of major companies.
In terms of trading performance, the U.S. stock indices today were as follows:
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.77%, reaching 43,728.96 points, driven by Salesforce, whose shares increased by 4.44%, along with IBM whose shares rose by about 2.8%, and Goldman Sachs, which saw its shares climb by 2.44%.
- The Nasdaq 100 index fell by 0.54%, or 112 points, closing at 18,832.21 points, led by losses in shares of the Chinese retail giant PDD Holdings which dropped by about 10%, followed by shares of U.S. Google, which fell by 6.7% for both classes A and B, as well as Amazon whose shares lost 2.8%.
- The S&P 500 index rose by 0.20%, closing at 5,931.02 points, with Super Micro Computer shares topping gains with an increase of about 16.3%.