The Dow rose 0.6% in recent action while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite each advanced 0.4%. Small caps on the Russell 2000 climbed 0.5%. Markets will do a half day of trading Friday, with the stock market closing at 1 p.m. ET.

US stocks gave up early gains to end lower after economic and rate uncertainty topple strong earnings from AI darling Nvidia and retail giant Walmart.

A trading platform's expansion into a growing market helped lift its stock on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, while a human resources software firm lost ground after a soft revenue outlook.

Futures wavered as the market rebound faces a key test. Nvidia and AMD fell on a report that Meta will buy Google AI chips. Alibaba, Best Buy are earnings winners.

Nutanix ( NTNX 17.75%) won't be heading into the Thanksgiving holiday on a high note. The hybrid cloud computing specialist's stock took a major hit on Wednesday, cratering by almost 18% after the release of a dispiriting quarterly earnings report.

The spot in the S&P 500 was available because of the completion of Omnicom Group's ( OMC) acquisition of Interpublic Group ( IPG) earlier this week. 1 The two previous companies to join the index, Solstice Advance Materials ( SOLS) and Qnity ( Q ), were also the products of spinoffs .

Alphabet was down 1.1%. Coming into Wednesday, shares have surged more than 70% in 2025, on pace for their best year since 2009, which has driven the search-engine provider’s valuation to just under $4 trillion.

Regarding stocks to buy today, Vaishali Parekh recommended three buy-or-sell stocks for intraday trading: Bharat Electronics Ltd or BEL, Kalyan Jewellers India, and Morepen Laboratories. 3] Morepen Laboratories: Buy at ₹ 44, Target ₹ 48, Stop Loss ₹ 42.