Live Updates Live Coverage Has Ended Monday Wrap-up 4:05 pm The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF closed Monday at 590.66, down 0.4%. Optimistic About Nvidia 11:57 am Investment bank Stifel raised its price target on Nvidia to $212 ahead of Q2 earnings,

FTSE 100 drops and Poundland is saved from going into administration - Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Tuesday

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, or around 120 points, pulled down by sinking Walmart shares. The 30-stock index was off its lows but remained below the 45,000 level. The S&P 500 gave up 0.3% and tested its 21-day exponential moving average. The S&P 500 is on pace for five straight losing sessions.

The gush of second quarter earnings reports is beginning to slow to a trickle, and with most of the reports in, the results have been mostly positive.

The S&P 500 rose for a second day in a row ahead of Nvidia’s blockbuster earnings report. The market benchmark rose 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 147 points, or 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2%.

Stocks react to Nvidia's earnings and President Trump's tariffs continue to move markets. Follow along for live updates on the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq and other markets.

Live Updates Live Coverage Has Ended Friday Wrap-up 4:08 pm The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF closed at 591.52 Friday, down 0.2% for the day but up 1% for the week. GE Aerospace Flies Lower 11:31 am Bernstein just raised its price target on  Bernstein raised the firm’s price target on S&P component company GE Aerospace

Nvidia's earnings report delivered Wall Street a real shocker: They didn't move the stock market on Thursday. The S&P 500 was up 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 20 points.

Wall Street is more focused on Nvidia than on threats to Fed independence. That may be a big mistake.

On the other hand, HCL Tech, L&T, ITC, Sun Pharma, TCS and Infosys were the top six losers.

Indian equities ended lower on Tuesday as escalating trade frictions dampened risk appetite ahead of fresh US tariffs on Indian goods. Analysts say a deferment of the secondary tariffs could help revive investor sentiment.

Stocks often rise the week of the Fed’s big Jackson Hole gathering. Don’t count on it this year.