Good evening, this is Markets Desk with your closing rundown.
Stocks finished mostly higher Tuesday as geopolitical optimism gave investors room to breathe. Progress on Iran peace talks lifted sentiment broadly, pushing the S and P five hundred up nearly two thirds of a percent and the Nasdaq one hundred surging nearly one point eight percent, though the Dow slipped fractionally negative on the session.
That eight-week winning streak for the S and P five hundred is now drawing serious historical attention. The index has notched a streak of consecutive weekly gains not seen in nearly thirty years, and traders are combing through the historical record to gauge what typically follows such sustained momentum — the short answer is cautious optimism, with volatility rarely far behind.
Shifting to individual names, GE Vernova was a standout winner on the session after the company's HA gas turbines cleared a significant operational milestone. That achievement reinforced confidence in the company's core power generation business and sent the stock meaningfully higher, underscoring just how closely the market is watching energy infrastructure plays right now.
Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei two twenty five snapped a three-day winning run after gaining more than five thousand three hundred fifty points, or roughly eight percent. The index sits just below the sixty-five thousand mark, and analysts are watching Wednesday's open for signs the rally has legs.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
