The US markets ended higher on Wednesday, with Nasdaq settling higher by over 250 points, as investors reacted positively to some upbeat earnings updates and corporate news, and on continued optimism about a few interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year. Netflix soared nearly 10 percent, after the company reported an addition of 19 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, the biggest ever subscriber gains in any quarter. Netflix's bottom line came in at $1.869 billion, or $4.27 per share in the fourth quarter, compared with $938 million, or $2.11 per share, last year. Oracle Corp shares surged nearly 7 percent, NVIDIA climbed about 4.2 percent, Microsoft gained nearly 4 percent and Meta Platforms closed up by about 2.7 percent.
However, Pfizer, Booking Holdings, Morgan Stanley, Merck, Chevron Corporation, Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson, Tesla and Exxon Mobil Corporation closed notably lower. Worries about tariff threats lingered but investors largely shrugged off concerns and kept picking up stocks. Trump's announcement of a $500 billion private-sector AI infrastructure investment plan from a venture involving Oracle, Open AI and Softbank set the stage for tech stocks's strong performance.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 130.92 points or 0.3 percent to 44,156.73, Nasdaq rose 252.56 points or 1.28 percent to 20,009.34 and S&P 500 was up by 37.13 points or 0.61 percent to 6,086.37.
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