Shares of Indian IT companies, Infosys Ltd., TCS Ltd., Wipro Ltd., HCLTech Ltd., Tech Mahindra Ltd., Persistent Systems Ltd., Coforge Ltd., L&T Tech Services Ltd., KPIT Tech Ltd. among others will remain in focus on Wednesday, February 25, after Tuesday’s rout wiped out nearly ₹1.2 lakh crore in market capitalisation of these companies cumulatively.
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Nvidia’s business results have been extraordinary, but are they impressive enough to make the stock a buy after a big run-up last year?
Shares of artificial intelligence (AI) chip leader Nvidia (NVDA +0.79%) have held up well in early 2026, edging ahead of the broader market even as several other megacap tech companies have seen their share prices get hit hard.
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Retirement planning feels a lot different when you’re no longer just trying to grow a balance on a screen.
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When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard.
Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences.
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Home Depot (HD) posted mixed fourth quarter results as consumer uncertainty around the housing market lingers.
In the fourth quarter, revenue fell 4% to $38.2 billion, slightly less than nearly $38.3 billion the street forecasted, per Bloomberg consensus data. Adjusted earnings came in better than expected at $2.72 per share,
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), a designer of microprocessors and GPUs for computing and graphics, closed Tuesday at $213.84, up 8.77%. The stock is jumping after news of a massive multiyear AI chip and systems deal with Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), and investors are watching how the contract reshapes AMD’s data center AI share versus Nvidia.
Anthropic’s steady stream of new tools and updates for its Claude AI has hammered stocks this year.
Claude’s capabilities have wiped billions in market cap from software and cybersecurity stocks.
The iShares Expanded Tech Software Sector ETF is down 26% in 2026.
Benchmark indices on Wall Street staged a relief rally on Tuesday after Monday’s AI disruption-led rout as tech stocks saw a rebound along with improved consumer sentiment allayed some fears, at least until the next worry.
The Dow Jones gained 370 points, recovering nearly 50% of what it lost on Monday,
Net interest on the national debt, the fastest growing part of the budget, is projected to more than double from $970 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to $2.1 trillion by FY 2036 under the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)’s latest baseline. That’s after already having doubled from 2022 levels and having nearly tripled from 2020 levels.
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