European stocks advance, AI propels US into record territory
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London: Enthusiasm over AI helped propel tech stocks higher and Wall Street to fresh records on Thursday while European stocks advanced as central ban...
London: Enthusiasm over AI helped propel tech stocks higher and Wall Street to fresh records on Thursday while European stocks advanced as central banks made interest rate calls.
A day after a public holiday, Wall Street's S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite pushed higher at the open Thursday from record closes on Tuesday, setting new all-time highs.
"US markets reopened after a day's holiday and AI chip giant Nvidia continued its ascent," said Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell.
Market enthusiasm for artificial intelligence has driven a surge in tech stocks, in particular for Nvidia which produces high-end processors prized for AI applications.
Nvidia's market capitalisation edged past Microsoft on Tuesday to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company and its shares struck a fresh record on Thursday.