Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 28, 2026 in New York City.
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Futures linked to the S&P 500 It rose on Tuesday. Palantir Technologiesafter US stocks got off to a strong start to the new trading month.
S&P 500 futures rose 0.3%. Nasdaq 100 futures It increased by 0.6%. futures tied to Dow Jones Industrial Average It increased by 29 points (0.1%).
Palantir stock rose 11% after the defense technology company reported strong fourth-quarter results and an upbeat outlook. In addition, robot play Teradyne Shares soared 22% on expectations for better-than-expected earnings after a strong outlook for the first quarter. Elsewhere in the tech industry, alphabet The stock rose more than 1% ahead of Wednesday’s earnings report.
In regular trading, major stock averages rose across the board. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 515 points (1.05%) across 30 stocks. The S&P 500 index rose 0.5%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index rose nearly 0.6%. Popular artificial intelligence infrastructure stocks sandisk, western digital and seagate All finished the session on top. but, Nvidia Shares fell nearly 3% after the Wall Street Journal reported late last week that the company’s plans to invest in OpenAI were stalled.
Among cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin fell to its lowest price since April, indicating a decline in investors’ risk appetite. Futures related silver and gold The price continued to decline on Monday. Metals sold off heavily on Friday.
Investors are scrutinizing the earnings releases of more than 100 S&P 500 companies this week. Magnificent Seven giants Amazon and Alphabet are expected to report later this week. All eyes will be on tech companies’ earnings as investors look for signs of AI-driven efficiency and profit growth, especially after the market’s relentless reaction to Microsoft’s earnings last week.
“The themes that are driving risk assets up — the Federal Reserve is clearly not tightening rates and will probably do a little more this year, a strong economic and earnings backdrop, and the tariff story is not getting worse… those tailwinds are still there,” Dan Greenhouse, a strategist at Solus Alternative Asset Management, told CNBC’s “Closing Bell” on Monday. “The AI story is still driving the market.”
“When you put all this together, February may be a little more volatile, but the things that are moving the market are still there,” Greenhouse added.
