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Equities pushed higher Wednesday on a wave of artificial intelligence optimism, with the S&P five hundred gaining roughly six tenths of a percent, the Dow adding nearly seven tenths, and the Nasdaq one hundred leading the charge up over one percent. SpaceX shares surged seven percent, anchoring the tech-driven advance.
Feeding that AI momentum, President Trump posted on Truth Social mandating that large new data centers generate their own power on-site, putting names like Oracle and Bloom Energy squarely in focus. The directive effectively forces data center operators to solve their own energy equation, which is a significant cost and infrastructure shift for the sector.
Meanwhile, the bond market is sending its own signal. The twenty-year Treasury auction cleared at five point four seven percent Wednesday, the highest yield since nineteen eighty-five, and yet the market absorbed it with relative calm. That tells you investors are no longer flinching at five-percent-plus yields on long duration paper — they are simply pricing it as the new normal, which carries real implications for equity valuations and borrowing costs across the economy.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
