In stocks, Nvidia more than 1% rose as investors await Alphabet GOOGL earnings at market close. Shares also rose following a Wall Street Journal report that Tesla TSLA Chief Executive Elon Musk's xAI startup is looking to raise up to $12 billion to buy Nvidia chips to train xAI's Grok chatbot.

Stock sales by top officials clustered before Trump's major tariff announcements, according to a USA TODAY analysis of transaction forms.

Trump Jr. is a board member, shareholder and adviser for GrabAGun and rang the opening bell at the NYSE as the company went public.

Dow futures rose as Trump announced a Japan trade deal after growth lagged the stock market. Tesla, Google and GE Vernova are due Wednesday.

Six months into President Donald Trump’s second term, a quick glance at the stock market might offer a reassuring picture: The S&P 500 just closed above 6,300 points for the first time ever and has notched eight record highs in the past month.

GrabAGun, which says it's the Amazon of guns and counts Donald Trump Jr. as board member, saw its stock tank for a second day on Thursday.

Donald Trump Jr., a board member and shareholder of GrabAGun, rang the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange to chants of “USA!” from the floor.

P alantir’s stocks have nearly doubled in the first half of 2025, hitting a record $153.99 on July 17. The company’s biggest employer is the U.S. government, having won federal contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars since U.S. President Donald Trump entered the White House for his second term of office.