Japan's Nikkei 225 index has topped 68,000 in early trading after U.S. stocks pushed further into record territory. The dollar also briefly hit 160 Japanese yen before slipping back slightly. Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel. Buying of technology shares linked to the boom in artificial intelligence has been driving rallies worldwide. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite edged up by less than 0.1%. All three indexes set all-time highs. Marvell Technology leaped to its biggest gain ever after Nvidia’s CEO suggested it could be the next company to be worth $1 trillion.

The U.S. stock market inched to more records as winners of the artificial-intelligence boom kept driving higher. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite edged up by less than 0.1%. All three indexes set all-time highs. Marvell Technology leaped to its biggest gain ever after Nvidia’s CEO suggested it could be the next company to be worth $1 trillion. But Alphabet weighed on the market after the parent company of Google said it's raising $80 billion to help pay for its AI investments. Oil prices rose.

Oil prices rose following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn’t very worried, and U.S. stocks ticked to more records. The S&P 500 added 0.3% Monday to its prior all-time high set on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.4% to likewise set records. The price for a barrel of Brent crude rose more than 4%, which pushed up Treasury yields and hurt companies with big fuel bills. But strong profit reports from U.S. companies and continued strength for big technology stocks kept Wall Street's momentum going.

The world is getting more uptight about lending money to President Donald Trump’s government. The energy price spike triggered by the Iran war has seeped into the price of bonds that help fund the U.S. government. That's caused interest rates to climb in ways that are worsening affordability pressures, creating a new risk for Republicans in November’s midterm elections. Trump says a task force on fraud could find enough savings to balance the budget. Economists say that's probably unrealistic because of the magnitude of the deficit. Voters are already concerned about high costs for food and gas, and higher interest rates make it harder to buy or renovate a home, afford a new car or manage credit card debt.

The war in Iran threatens to disrupt international travel to Asia, where the tourism industry has yet to fully recover from the the COVID‑19 pandemic. Airspace closures, the rerouting of flights around the Middle East and elevated jet fuel costs are driving up airfares, causing flight cancelations and lengthening travel times on key routes between Europe and Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and other destinations. A recent report by the United Nations Development Program says higher airfares and weaker travel confidence can quickly affect livelihoods and public revenues in economies where visitor arrivals are a major source of jobs, income and foreign currency.

The gleaming skyscrapers and brights lights of the United Arab Emirates draw the eyes of all who travel here. Then landscape is sign of this Arabian Peninsula nation’s rapid, oil-fueled development over the past decades into a major hub for commerce and tourism. But something lost has been a clear vision of the night sky across nearly all of the country's inhabited land. A group of volunteers from the Dubai Astronomy Group has been helping people in the Emirates reconnect with the sight of stars and the Milky Way by taking them to Al Quaa Desert, one of the darkest spots in the country.

Stock indexes closed higher on Wall Street, adding to the all-time highs they set a day earlier. The S&P 500 added 0.2% Friday. That was the seventh straight gain for the index. The S&P 500 also closed out its ninth straight winning week, the longest such streak since 2023. Tech stocks led the way, including a 32.8% gain for Dell Technologies after the company delivered profits that blew past expectations. Dell also raised its outlook, citing powerful demand for AI computing. The Dow added 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%. European and Asian markets mostly rose. Brent crude fell 1.7%.

U.S. stocks pushed to more records as profits keep piling up for companies like Dollar Tree, Snowflake and Hormel Foods. A tentative deal to extend the ceasefire in the war with Iran by 60 days also helped lift the market and rein in oil prices on Thursday. The S&P 500 added 0.6% to its all-time high set the day before after drifting between small gains and losses in the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.9%, and both indexes also set records. Treasury yields eased in the bond market.