AI stocks and strong corporate profits help Wall Street climb despite rising oil.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, July 6, 2026. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 352 points, or 0.7%, as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.3% higher.they’ve come under pressure in recent weeks on worries that they shot too high. Concerns are also weighing that investment in AI may fall off if it doesn’t produce as much profit and productivity as hoped.
Micron Technology jumped 10.1% and added to its 1.9% gain from the day before, coming off its 13.3% drop from last week. Nvidia added 1.6%, and they were the two strongest forces lifting the S&P 500.. It rose 2% to $90.99 and briefly got near $92 for the first time in more than five weeks. That’s up from less than $72 early this month, which is roughly where it was before the war with Iran.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury edged up to 4.62% from 4.60% late Monday and from just 3.97% before the war with Iran began. On Wall Street, several stronger-than-expected profit reports from big U.S. companies helped stocks to strengthen despite the added pressure. 3M climbed 9.3% after topping analysts’ expectations for both profit and revenue in the latest quarter. It also raised its forecast for profit over the full year of 2026.
Hasbro rallied 7.1% after the toy maker said its Magic: The Gathering game topped $500 million in revenue for a quarter for the first time. It also raised its revenue forecast for the year. General Motors cruised 4.1% higher after the automaker’s profit and revenue for the latest quarter beat analysts’ expectations and CEO Mary Barra said demand in North America remains strong.
They helped offset a drop for Danaher, which slid 13.8% even though it likewise topped analysts’ expectations for profit and revenue. Analysts pointed to its forecast for an underlying measure of revenue growth for the summer, which was weaker than Wall Street expected. Homebuilder D.R. Horton slipped 0.7% despite also topping profit and revenue expectations for the latest quarter.
Executive Chairman David Auld said it’s still feeling the effects of affordability concerns in the housing market and caution among potential home buyers.in nearly a year because of higher Treasury yields in the bond market. That could force D.R. Horton to offer more incentives to homebuyers in the current quarter, which would cut into its profits. Companies broadly are under pressure to deliver strong growth in profit and revenue because of how high their stock prices have shot.
In stock markets abroad, indexes rose modestly in Europe. The United Kingdom’s FTSE 100 added 0.4% as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosted hisIn Asia, stocks swung more. South Korea’s Kospi jumped 3.6% on strong gains for its two dominant stocks. Both Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have been big beneficiaries of the AI boom, and the Kospi has soared 60% so far this year even with its 20% drop for July so far.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 climbed 3.3% after returning from Monday’s holiday, while indexes rose 1.8% in Shanghai and edged down by less than 0.1% in Hong Kong.
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