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Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty ImagesAFP via Getty Images Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) has continued its remarkable stock market ascent, driven by relentless investor enthusiasm for its AI-powered platforms serving both government and commercial sectors. As of June 6, 2025, Palantir stock closed at $127.72 — marking a 69% increase year-to-date and an eye-catching 420% rise over the past 12 months. In just the past month, the stock has gained nearly 19%, underscoring the sustained optimism around the company’s capabilities and positioning within the AI ecosystem. Palantir recently...

The Nigerian stock market started the first week of June 2025 on a low note, with investors losing over N297 billionHowever, the market bounced back the next day and eventually closed the week bullish with record gainsDespite being a 4-day trading week, the week also had the single highest daily gain ever recorded in the NGXLegit.ng journalist Ruth Okwumbu-Imafidon has over a decade of experience in business reporting across digital and mainstream media.The first week of June was a positive one for investors in the Nigerian Stock Exchange as the...

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: The Indian markets, as per the pre-market cues, started the day in green. The Nifty and Sensex started with a flourish.Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: The Indian markets, as per the pre-market cues, started the day in green. The Nifty and Sensex started with a flourish.GIFT Nifty is trading higher, indicating a positive start to the Nifty Index.The Nifty heads into a data-heavy week both domestically and globally on the back of a strong rally that saw the index close at...

Jun 9, 2025 8:33 AM ISTUS Stock Market Live: What Happened On FridayAll three key benchmarks on Wall Street jumped last Friday, after the non-farm payrolls data came in better-than-expected. US payrolls climbed 1,39,000 in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, above the Dow Jones forecast of 1,25,000 for the month but less than the downwardly revised 1,47,000 in April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average popped 443.13 points, or 1.05%, to close at 42,762.87. The blue-chip index was up more than 600 points at its highs of the...

The Indian stock market posted a sharp rebound in the first week of June, breaking a two-week losing streak. A surprise 50 basis point repo rate cut and a 100 basis point CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) injected fresh optimism into investor sentiment.The NSE Nifty 50 ended Friday’s session 252 points or 1.02% higher at 25,003, breaching the psychological 25,000 level, while the BSE Sensex surged 747 points or 0.92% to close at 82,188.99.“The CRR cut is expected to infuse Rs 2.5 trillion...

Understanding a 401k: How it works and why it’s importantWhat is a 401k plan? Key benefits and how to maximize your savings.Retirement savers have faced plenty of white knuckle days in 2025 where stock market conditions — and on-again, pause-again tariffs — put everyone's nerves on edge.Amazingly, no matter how awful things felt some days, many have not seen a double-digit fallout in their 401(k) savings in the first quarter, according to the latest data from Fidelity Investments.Average 401(k) retirement account balances fell 3% from late last year through the...

Investors are betting that the US economy will continue to grow and they're behaving as if there's "no recession risk whatsoever," market research firm The Leuthold Group wrote in a note last week.That conclusion is based on a key indicator, the S&P 500 Cyclical/Defensive Ratio, which compares the most economically sensitive sectors, like consumer discretionary, industrials, and materials, to more stable areas of the market such as consumer staples, healthcare, and utilities. The Leuthold Group calculates this metric based on price to earnings, price to cash flow, price to sales,...

Those concerned about recent market volatility can take comfort in the fact that equity markets will likely deliver competitive returns over the next decade. Selling shares of top companies now may result in lower stock market gains than investors might have otherwise earned over the long term if they had held on. The better strategy is to stick to your holdings and be on the lookout for companies that can perform well, perhaps even better, than the market given enough time. Two stocks that might have what it takes are...

Things have been good for stocks over the last two months. Maybe too good, according to a new report from Bank of America.Since its most recent low on April 8, the S&P 500 and Vanguard's Total World Stock Index are up 20% as investors have piled into the market at a near-record pace. On an annualized basis, 2025 has seen the second-highest inflows into global stocks ever, trailing only 2024, BofA's Chief Investment Strategist Michael Hartnett said in a client note Friday. For US stocks, it's the third-highest year ever,...