The Nasdaq was pressured by falling megacap stocks on Tuesday, a day before major tech results are due, while investors assessed a spate of second-quarter corporate earnings and watched for signs of progress in U.

Nasdaq is expected to release its earnings on July 24, covering a quarter that experienced a surge in the Nasdaq 100 index and U.S. stocks, reaching all-time high.

For anybody hunting for parallels between contemporary markets and 1999, BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky has a chart that might be of interest.

Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock saw a massive rally across the first half of 2025's trading. The tech company's share price rose 80.3% across the stretch against the backdrop of a 5.5% gain for the S&P 500 index, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence

Nasdaq stocks generally equate to higher-growth, technology-dominated firms in the eyes of most investors. The index is generally more rate-sensitive than leading indexes like the Dow and the S&P ...

U.S. stock futures showed signs of investor nervousness early Tuesday, following the broader market's close at a fresh record in the previous session. Earnings optimism and lingering hopes that the tariff crisis will be resolved have driven the recent upside.

One stock that managed to outmaneuver the various headwinds torturing the markets throughout the year, however, is data mining specialist Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR). With shares soaring by 80% during the first six months of 2025, Palantir was the top-performing stock across both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100.

As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q1. Today, we are looking at discount retailer stocks, starting with Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE).