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Front Page - Friday, July 3, 2026

More drops for chip stocks, other AI winners overshadow gains for most of Wall Street




NEW YORK (AP) — More drops for chip stocks and other AI winners overshadowed gains for the majority of Wall Street.

The S&P 500 was little changed Thursday, even though more than two-thirds of the stocks within the index rose. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.1% to another record, while the Nasdaq composite dropped 0.8% after erasing an early gain.

Stocks broadly got help from data showing U.S. hiring slowed last month. That pushed traders to trim bets for a possible hike to interest rates later this month. But chip stocks from Seoul to New York continued to slide.