US Stock Market Today After Hours: Why the Dow Reclaimed 50,000 as AI Stocks Drove Wall Street Higher
Late Thursday, U.S. stocks hovered close to record levels. The artificial-intelligence surge had already sent the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to new closing highs, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average reclaimed 50,000. In after-hours action, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, Invesco QQQ Trust, and SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF all kept their session gains—a signal that momentum stuck around past the bell.