Stock market today: live updates

Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange Prosecutor’s Office (NYSE) on October 01, 2025 in New York.
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THE S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite climbed Monday as Dmla Actions have increased on a partnership with OPENAI.
The large S&P 500 market increased by 0.2%, while the Nasdaq, heavy with technology, increased by 0.4%. THE Industrial average Dow Jones dropped by 114 points, or 0.3%, bogged down by a decrease in actions Home Depot And Verizon.
The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ experienced an AMD boost to jump more than 20% after the company concluded an agreement with the leader of the AI of Sam Altman who could finally give the Chatgpt company a 10% stake in the flea manufacturer. AMD will use certain graphics processing units deployed over several years. NvidiaThe main competitor of AMD in graphic processors was subject to pressure from the preheater after this announcement.
Meanwhile, Comerica’s shares gathered more than 10% after the fifth third bench concluded an agreement to buy the regional bank for $ 10.9 billion in an All-Stock transaction. The merger will form the ninth American bank by assets. THE SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF jumped on expectations that more transactions were ahead in space. Overall, mergers and acquisitions have accelerated, adding to the spirits of animals observed on the stock market this year.
Investors have increased concerns about the closure of the United States government, which has now dragged in a second week, after legislators do not reach an agreement on funding again to keep the government open. The closure delayed the publication of key economic data – including the September report – which was initially due on Friday.
“For the moment, the stock market increases the shoulders of government closure and focuses more on profits optimism and the prospect of additional federal reserve rate reductions,” said Robert Edwards, investment director at Edwards Asset Management. “Actions tend to brush government closings as ‘Beltway Blah Blah Blah’. Government closings last days, but now they can last weeks, so investors may have to be patient.”
“We will consider any notable drop in the closure market as an” first day of investors “shopping, he continued.” Even with the government closure and worries about the labor market, we think that the S&P 500 is on the right track to cross 7,000 by the end of the year. “
Despite the data breakdown, several officials of the Federal Reserve should speak this week, notably the governor of the Fed, Stephen Miran, and the president of Jerome Powell on Thursday.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite come out of their fourth weekly advance in five weeks, increasing 1.1% and 1.3% respectively. The DOW increased for the third time in four weeks, advancing 1.1%.