Dow nears 50,000 as Nvidia CES remarks ignite SanDisk, Micron surge and lift Wall Street
The Dow hit a record high Tuesday, rising 1.02% to 49,476.54 as chip and healthcare shares led gains. SanDisk surged 23% on AI hardware optimism tied to CES, while Johnson Controls fell 7.5% after Nvidia’s chip announcement. Investors monitored U.S. jobs data and Fed signals following gaps caused by last year’s federal shutdown.