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Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) shares gapped up 6.4% in Thursday morning trading after its second-quarter earnings and revenue rose past the consensus, with all three of its business units logged solid gains.

(Reuters) -Wall Street futures held steady on Friday as investors took a breather following record closes for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in the previous session and awaited clarity on trade negotiations ahead of next week's tariff deadline.

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US stocks end mostly up on more solid earnings. Nasdaq and S&P 500 hit records. Results from so-called Magnificent 7 tech stocks could set the tone.

Nvidia took a $4.5 billion write-off in its latest quarter on unsold H20 chips that it was unable to repurpose for other markets. If sales of these high-volume chips to China resume, a reversal of this write-off could boost earnings.

Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock saw a massive rally across the first half of 2025's trading. The tech company's share price rose 80.3% across the stretch against the backdrop of a 5.5% gain for the S&P 500 index, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence

Dow Jones is losing ground as traders take profits near historic highs. Nike, which is up by 3.8%, is the biggest gainer in the Dow Jones index today. The stock rallied as JP Morgan upgraded Nike from Neutral to Overweight.

About This EventMega Fortune (Nasdaq: MGRT), an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) company based in Hong Kong, visits the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square to ring the Closing Bell, celebrating its official listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market and 14th anniversary of delivering cutting-edge BPO services and IoT integration solutions,