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Equities closed in the red Tuesday as surging crude prices and rising bond yields pressured all three major indexes. The S&P five hundred shed nearly half a percent, the Dow fell six-tenths, and the Nasdaq one hundred dropped roughly the same, with energy costs and rate anxiety driving investors to the sidelines.
Shifting to the technology sector, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang attended the Trump administration's state dinner for China's President Xi, signaling alignment with the White House at a moment when the president is actively pushing back against tech leaders who have warned of risks tied to rapid artificial intelligence advancement. The optics matter on Wall Street.
And on the AI regulatory front, pressure is mounting on multiple fronts. Anthropic's chief executive is calling for a coordinated industry safety effort, China's top intelligence official has warned AI could threaten the Communist Party itself, and a watchdog group is alleging OpenAI is violating California's new safety law, all while the Trump administration resists any calls for a slowdown.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
