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The S&P 500 closed higher Tuesday, driven by a surge in Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares and renewed optimism over U.S.-China trade talks. Investors are betting that positive outcomes from negotiations will ease tensions and potentially roll back sweeping tariffs imposed earlier this year.
Tesla jumped 5.6%, leading gains among major tech stocks, while Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) rose 1.4% after reports that OpenAI plans to use Google Cloud to expand its computing capacity. Meanwhile, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) dipped 0.4%.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said talks with China were progressing and could wrap up by Wednesday. Hopes that “Liberation Day” tariff levels will be avoided have helped the S&P 500 rebound from its April slump, now trading just below February’s record highs. Horizon Investments’ CIO Scott Ladner noted, “You can’t get to these market valuations with those tariffs becoming reality.”
The S&P 500 rose 0.55% to 6,038.81, the Nasdaq climbed 0.63% to 19,714.99, and the Dow Jones gained 0.25% to 42,866.87. Ten of 11 S&P 500 sectors advanced, led by energy (+1.77%) and consumer discretionary (+1.19%). Trading volume reached 18.5 billion shares, above the recent average.
Investors now await Wednesday’s U.S. consumer price index for clues on the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate move. Meanwhile, the World Bank cut its 2025 global growth forecast to 2.3%, citing trade tensions and uncertainty.
In corporate news, Insmed (NASDAQ:INSM) soared nearly 29% on positive clinical trial results. J.M. Smucker tumbled 15.6% after issuing weak earnings guidance. Snap (NYSE:SNAP) slipped 0.1% after unveiling plans for consumer smart glasses to rival Meta (NASDAQ:META).
Overall, advancing stocks outpaced decliners 2-to-1 on the S&P 500, with the index posting 12 new highs and two new lows.
