The chipmaker ended the day up by about 4%, jumping on news that its CEO Jensen Huang was done selling stock for now. Under a predetermined trading plan, the executive was authorized to sell 6 million Nvidia shares through early next year — but he just met that threshold, Barron's first reported.

Shares of companies linked to the defense industry have been on a tear amid recent geopolitical turmoil, according to Yardeni Research. “Defense stocks have been soaring to record highs along with U.S.

U.S. stocks are hanging near their records after Chinese stocks soared following a slew of moves by the Chinese central bank to prop up the world’s second-largest economy