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US Stocks Extend Rebound

US stock indices rose on Tuesday with support from the heavyweight tech sector as the surge in bond yields paused and softened pressure on the sector's credit outlook. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.5% each to their record highs, while the Dow gained a softer 0.3%. Both AI infrastructure and hyperscaler stocks were firmly higher as fresh deals in the sector continued to spur speculative demand for the technology. OpenAI was in talks for a $30 billion round of financing with UAE funds and Alphabet inched higher ahead of an agreement to acquire nuclear energy capacity from Constellation Energy, which rose 15%. Meanwhile, AMD jumped 2% as CEO Lisa Su signaled strong chip demand in the coming years. Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and CrowdStrike also jumped around 4%.

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Oct 6 (Reuters) — The benchmark S&P 500 index briefly hit an all-time high on Tuesday as optimism surrounding the AI trade and hopes of strong corporate earnings lifted technology stocks, further boosting the bull market that began in October 2022. The index rose as much as 0.6% to 7817.13 points, moving past the previous intraday record of 7,816.7 points it hit on August 13. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was also trading at record highs. Optimism around the AI trade and expectations of strong corporate earnings have helped lift US stocks lately despite higher energy prices and a volatile summer for bond markets that fueled concerns about tighter monetary policy. On Tuesday morning, most megacap and growth stocks ticked higher as government bond yields came off their multi-year highs and oil prices fell. At 09:31 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 164.45 points, or 0.32%, to 51,432.35, the S&P 500 gained 37.77 points, or 0.48%, to 7,811.72 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 162.58 points, or 0.59%, to 27,639.89. (Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan and Tharuniyaa Lakshmi in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli) ((Shashwat.Chauhan@thomsonreuters.com)