English original test 2024-06-20 20:53

US stock indexes turned lower in afternoon trading after flirting with record highs earlier in the session. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) briefly crossed 5,500 for the first time, as Nvidia’s (NVDA) record-breaking surge — which catapulted it to the title of world’s most valuable public company — ebbed.

The S&P 500 lost around 0.5% after the index secured its 31st record close of the year on Tuesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) touched new highs earlier in the session before falling 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose roughly 0.5%.

After a holiday break on Wednesday, Wall Street struggled to continue its winning ways in 2024. Stocks’ growth story this year has been largely driven by the excitement around AI’s potential, and no company has captured the collective attention like Nvidia. Despite Thursday’s dip, shares are still up more than 170% so far this year.

On Tuesday, Nvidia completed a remarkably quick surge to usurp Microsoft (MSFT) as the most valuable company in the world — just two weeks after it dethroned Apple (AAPL) as the No. 2 most valuable company. Its rise to the top has come so fast, Yahoo Finance’s Jared Blikre wrote, that some more passive investors haven’t been able to keep up.