Live Markets: Wall Street indexes rise with AI in focus again

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24/02/2026 15:42

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      Main US indexes rise; Nasdaq out front, up ~0.8%
    

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      Cons Disc leads S&P 500 sector gainers; Energy falls most
    

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      Euro STOXX 600 index up ~0.4%
    

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      Dollar gains; crude declines; bitcoin, gold both off >1%
    

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      US 10-Year Treasury yield edges up to ~4.04%
    

  
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    WALL STREET INDEXES RISE WITH AI IN FOCUS AGAIN
    Wall Street's three major indexes are gaining solidly early
on Tuesday as investors continue to assess the latest
developments in artificial intelligence (AI), making for a mixed
bag in technology stocks. 
Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic unveiled 10 new ways for
business customers to plug its technology into key areas of
their work, weeks after other releases sparked a selloff in
software shares. Shares in Fair Isaac  FICO.N , AppLovin
 APP.O , and Palantir  PLTR.O  are down. But shares of FactSet
 FDS.N  and Salesforce  CRM.N  are gaining along with DocuSign
 DOCU.O  as Anthropic listed them as development partners along
with LSEG  LSEG.L .
    With all that said, the S&P 500 technology sector  .SPLRCT 
is the second biggest percentage gainer among the benchmark's 11
major sectors and by far the biggest index point booster. 
    Policymaker comments on the impact of AI are also an
interesting mix though. 
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on Tuesday that
artificial intelligence could lead to a possible rise in the
unemployment rate that the U.S. central bank may not be able to
counter with lower interest rates.
But Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he doesn’t expect the
adoption of artificial intelligence technology to wreck the job
market in the U.S.
    Elsewhere Royal Caribbean  RCL.N , Ford Motor  F.N  and Home
Depot  HD.N  are among the top of the pack in the consumer
discretionary index  .SPLRCD , which is the biggest sector
gainer, rallying 1.5%  after falling sharply on Monday.
Home Depot topped estimates for fourth-quarter results and
maintained its annual forecasts, sending shares in the
home-improvement retail chain up more than 3%. It benefited from
resilient demand from professional contractors and minor repairs
by budget-strapped customers.
    Here is a morning snapshot:
    (Sinéad Carew)
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