Wall Street's main indexes opened higher today following a bruising selloff in technologyshares through the week, though optimism was tempered by Amazon's drop after it became the latest Big Tech to ramp upspending on AI infrastructure.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 307 points (0.62%) to stand at 49,212.43, while the S&P 500 gained 32 points (0.50%) to trade at 6,832.11, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 78 points (0.35%) to reach 22,618.
London's FTSE index was up 43 points (0.41%) to reach 10, 350. The Paris CAC was up 25 (0.31%) to stand at 8,263, and the Frankfurt DAX gained 147 (0.6%) to stand at 24,640.
While Dublin's ISEQ index was also higher this afternoon, rising 24 points (0.19%) to hit 13,224.
Earlier in Asia, mainland China and Hong Kong shares ended lower today,as a global selloff in technology shares and sharp losses insilver futures dampened investor sentiment.
At the close, the benchmark Shanghai Composite indexinched down by 0.25%, while the blue-chip CSI300 index lost 0.57%.
In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 1.21% and logged the worst weekly performance since November2025, falling 3.02%.
Japanese stocks rose, with the Nikkei 225 up 0.8% ahead of Sunday's election.
