The Dow Jones index dropped Thursday ahead of jobless claims and retail sales. Nvidia chipmaker TSMC jumped on earnings.

Key Points Nvidia is known as the star of the artificial intelligence (AI) market, with its earnings and stock price flying high.However, another, much smaller AI company has offered investors a lot more growth in recent times.

Stocks opened cautiously higher Tuesday as market participants took in the latest inflation data and the unofficial start of second-quarter earnings season. But enthusiasm waned as the session wore on,

I'm talking about Nvidia  (NVDA) , of course, and the question is: Can it help power the S&P 500 to another record high?The answer is yes. In premarket trading shares of the AI-chip giant are trading up nearly 1%.

The Dow Jones index Wednesday trimmed gains that arrived after bank earnings and tame wholesale inflation data. ASML stock plunged on this warning.

US Stock market today ended higher as the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all posted modest gains amid upbeat earnings reports and a surprise jump in retail sales. Investors are cautiously optimistic despite political tension as President Trump continues pressuring Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rate cuts.

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares surged 4% to close at $170.70 on Tuesday, outpacing broader market indices as investors responded positively to news about graphics processing unit (GPU) exports to China resuming.

The Dow Jones index wavered Tuesday after the CPI inflation report. Nvidia stock surged on AI chip sales to China.

Currently, Nvidia accounts for nearly 8 percent of the S&P 500. That’s the highest weighting for a single stock in 45 years, according to Todd Sohn, senior ETF strategist at Strategas Securities. For context, industrials account for 8.7 percent of the index, while healthcare stands at 9.1 percent.

A partnership with Nvidia has powered huge gains for Cyngn stock. Nvidia published a blog on June 24 that referenced Cyngn as a robotics leader, immediately powering massive gains