Market Updates
Circular AI Trade Keeps Investors On Edge, Wall Street Awaits Labor Market Updates This W
Barry Adams
29 Sep, 2025
New York City
Stocks attempted to rebound on Monday following a week of decline as an AI-driven rally faced skepticism.
The S&P 500 index advanced 0.5%, the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite gained 0.6%, and gold reached a new record high of $3,828.53 in New York.
Nvidia, Oracle, Microsoft, and Alphabet Inc. lost ground over the last three sessions, but the tech leaders hovered near record highs amid optimism that large investment in data centers will deliver earnings growth.
In the week ahead, U.S. investors are looking forward to labor market updates, following last month's weak data.
Nonfarm payrolls in September are likely to rebound to 37,000 from the downwardly revised 22,000 in August, with a jobless rate at 4.3% and annual wage growth of 3.3%.
In addition, job openings are estimated to shrink to 7.1 million, amid tariff whiplash and patches of the economy going through sharp contraction.
On the earnings front, investors are anticipating quarterly results from Carnival Corp, Nike, Cal-Maine Foods, United Natural Foods, Lamb Weston Holdings, Paychex, Progress Software, and Village Super Market.
U.S. Stock Movers
Oracle increased 0.6% to $285.10, Nvidia advanced 1% to $179.88, Microsoft added 0.3% to $513.0, Amazon.com Inc. jumped 1% to $221.85, and Alphabet gained 1% to $249.80.
China-focused stocks edged higher after industrial profit advanced 20.4% in August, a sharp jump following three consecutive months of decrease.
Alibaba Group gained 3.3% to $177.70, JD.com Inc. increased 1.8% to $35.11, and Xpeng advanced 2.2% to $23.32.
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