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S&P 500 is flat, Nasdaq 100 added 0.15%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.47% as investors awaited Nvidia's crucial earnings report that could help reignite the artificial intelligence-driven rally.
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Nvidia jumped ahead of its high-stakes fourth-quarter earnings release, with options market trading suggesting investors are pricing in a potentially 10% move in the company's shares as concerns about competition from China-based startup DeepSeek and the transition to new Blackwell chips loom.
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Super Micro Computer surged 19% after submitting outstanding financial reports to become compliant with Nasdaq rules, while AppLovin Corp. shares plunged as much as 23% following reports from two short sellers before paring some losses.
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Amazon.com rebooted Alexa with AI capabilities, General Motors plans to repurchase $6 billion in shares and raise its dividend, and Lowe's forecast sales to rise this year in an early sign consumers are starting to spend again.
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Treasury yields declined with the 10-year yield dropping two basis points to 4.28%, while the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index remained relatively unchanged and Bitcoin fell 3.3% to $85,745.37.
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The Trump administration will delay implementing 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports until April 2nd (previously scheduled for March 4th), while also announcing plans for 25% tariffs on European automotive sector imports.
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European stock index futures and the euro are experiencing downward pressure in light of the recent tariff announcements and trade tensions.
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Senate confirmed Jamieson Greer as U.S. Trade Representative with a 56-43 vote to oversee Trump's aggressive trade agenda alongside Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, despite warnings from economists that the tariffs will raise prices and risk rekindling inflation.
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Stellantis Chairman John Elkann urged the administration to keep products built in Mexico and Canada "tariff-free" while targeting the "loophole that currently allows approximately four million vehicles into the country" with no U.S. content requirements.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named JR Gibbens, a Wall Street and military veteran, to advise on plans for a US sovereign wealth fund following Trump's executive order directing officials to create such a fund.
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Active fund managers are holding their smallest allocations of megacap tech stocks since the global financial crisis, helping 49% of actively managed funds beat the S&P 500 in 2025, up from 38% during the same time last year.
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In currency markets, the British pound is currently outperforming other major currencies, while the Antipodean currencies (Australian and New Zealand dollars) are showing the weakest performance.
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Natural gas (NATGAS) is down 3.5% today due to decreased demand for electricity production from natural gas combustion.
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