Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Oct. 30, 2025.
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose on Friday as investors digested strong quarterly results from tech giant Amazon.
The broad market index gained 0.6%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 1.2%. Additionally, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 56 points, or 0.1%.
Amazon shares rallied 10% after the e-commerce giant said its cloud computing unit’s revenue increased 20% in the third quarter, exceeding Wall Street’s estimates.
“Following a reacceleration in AWS growth and positive commentary this quarter, we believe investors have regained comfort in management’s ability to retain a leading position in the AI space,” Dan Ives, global head of technology research at Wedbush Securities, said in a note.
Streaming leader Netflix was also a winner Friday, adding 3% after the company announced a 10-for-1 stock split. Electric vehicle maker Tesla and AI software firm Palantir likewise helped out the broader market in the session, with shares rising 3% each.
Stocks are coming off of a lackluster session as each of the benchmark indexes closed Thursday in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 110 points, or about 0.2%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite lost 0.99% and 1.58%, respectively, dragged lower by losses in big-name tech stocks Meta, Microsoft and Nvidia amid concerns about increasing AI spending. Meta recorded its biggest one-day loss in three years.
President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping on Thursday reached a one-year trade truce after their meeting in South Korea, soothing some investor concerns about the possibility of an all-out trade war between both nations.
Trump agreed to cut tariffs on China tied to fentanyl by 10% effective immediately, reducing overall levies on Chinese goods to around 47%, while Beijing agreed to a one-year pause on the export controls for rare earths it announced earlier this month. Other areas of dispute, such as export controls on sales of Nvidia’s advanced AI chips and the divestiture of U.S. TikTok operations, were unresolved, however.
The three leading U.S. stock indexes are on track to close out a winning week and month. The S&P 500 has gained 0.8% so far this week, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq and Dow are up roughly 2.5% and 0.7%, respectively, week to date.
October — which has experienced some of the largest one-day losses in stock market history — has seen the S&P 500 climb more than 2% over the month. The Nasdaq has jumped about 5%, and the 30-stock Dow is up more than 2% month to date. The Dow is on pace for its sixth positive month in a row for the first time since 2018.
