<br><div><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__bv"/><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__bvd gnt_x__h"/><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - NYSE's Lynn Martin sees active IPO market in 2025"><div class="gnt_em_vp_w" data-g-r="vp_tp" data-c-vt="teal" data-t-pl="teal-hero"><button class="gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__tp_a" data-g-r="vp_ap vp_tg" data-c-vpattrs="{"muted":true,"bContent":false,"an":"usatoday","pn":"USA TODAY","vidNum":1,"docking":true,"t0060":1,"cut":1}" data-c-vpdata="{"adsEnabled":true,"awsPath":"news","byline":"","canonicalURL":"","contentSourceCode":"REUT","credit":"","duration":126000,"headline":"NYSE's Lynn Martin sees active IPO market in 2025","hlsURL":"https://hlsmedia.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/videos/reuters/renditions/76928168007/8136ccf6-a948-4698-a23b-beb95df12bc4/480p_30fps,720p_30fps,1080p_30fps,master.m3u8?subtitles=76928168007","id":"76928168007","image":{"opto":true,"url":"/gcdn/authoring/videos/reuters/thumbnails/76928168007.jpg"},"keywords":"New York Stock Exchange","mp4URL":"https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/videos/reuters/renditions/76928168007/8136ccf6-a948-4698-a23b-beb95df12bc4/1080p_30fps.mp4","origin":"Reuters","pageURL":{"long":"https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2024/12/24/nyses-lynn-martin-sees-active-ipo-market-in-2025/76928168007/"},"promoBrief":"The president of the New York Stock Exchange says she sees 'green shoots,' making for a strong IPO market in 2025.","propertyName":"USATODAY","series":"","ssts":{"section":"news","subsection":"","topic":"","subtopic":""},"tags":[{"id":"10596193-6557-4cf1-8dd0-420578f9185c","name":"New York Stock Exchange"}],"title":"NYSE's Lynn Martin sees active IPO market in 2025","url":"/videos/news/2024/12/24/nyses-lynn-martin-sees-active-ipo-market-in-2025/76928168007/"}" aria-label="Play video"><img alt="" class="gnt_em_vp_img" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2025/01/30/USAT/78047651007-2195682309.jpg?crop=3499,1968,x0,y182&width=660&height=371&format=pjpg&auto=webp" data-g-r="vp_po" fetchpriority="high" elementtiming="ar-lead-image" decoding="async"/><svg class="gnt_em_vp_svg"><use xlink:href="#gnt_svg_video_play"/></svg></button></div></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">U.S. stocks closed higher as investors digested a slew of corporate earnings reports, including some from the so-called Magnificent 7.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The broad S&P 500 index closed up 0.51%, or 31.86 points, to 6,071.17; the blue-chip Dow rose 0.38%, or 168.61 points, to 44,882.13; and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.23%, or 45.72 points, to 19,678.05. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield slipped to 4.526%, the lowest level of the year as U.S. economic growth slows.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Magnificent 7 stocks are mega-cap technology companies whose shares have significant weighting in major stock indexes and have led much of the rally in stocks the past few years. They are Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Tesla, Meta (Facebook), and Nvidia.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Late Wednesday, Tesla, Microsoft and Meta reported mixed results, but investors were relieved to hear Meta and Microsoft reiterated their artificial intelligence spending plans.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/01/29/deepseek-big-tech-overspending-investments/78028924007/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">AI-related stocks fell sharply on Monday after China's DeepSeek</a> said it built an AI model competitive with OpenAI and ChatGPT with less than $6 million, significantly less than what U.S. companies have been spending on AI. The shoestring budget worried investors that U.S. companies would pull back their AI spending, which would hurt numerous companies producing elements from chips to energy, that power AI.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>Invest wisely:</strong> <a target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":body nav (bro)|e|auto spike click:6|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" href="https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/investing/best-online-brokers/">Best online brokers</a></p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Shares of Nvidia, which were pounded on Monday because its chips are used for AI, slipped despite the positive AI spending news. Bloomberg reported on...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2025/01/30/us-stocks-earnings-ai-spending-wall-street/78047593007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
