
October 19th, 2026
AI stocks went up again on Wall Street on Monday.
They recovered some of last week's big losses.
The S&P 500 rose 0.5% after its worst week since June.
The Nasdaq composite gained 1.1% because it is full of technology stocks.
Most U.S. stocks outside AI and tech fell.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was mostly unchanged as of 1:52 p.m. Eastern time.
European indexes dropped sharply, and many fell more than 1%.
Paris lost 1.1%.
The losses came after violent weekend protests.
These protests could push governments to spend more, adding pressure on their bond markets.
Yields rose for European bonds.
French yields climbed more than German ones on worries about France's strained budget.
Much of the spending on AI chips and data centers has come from borrowed money.
Treasury yields have recently hit their highest levels in years or even decades.
This raises borrowing costs for everyone.
CoreWeave borrows money to buy AI chips and rents them out over the cloud.
Its stock rose 2.8% Monday after falling 25.2% last week.
Nvidia added 1.3% and was one of the strongest forces lifting the S&P 500.
AI stocks rose before profit reports later this week.
These reports could show more about the strength of AI spending.
Meta Platforms and Lam Research will report on Wednesday.
Analysts expect overall growth of 29% for S&P 500 companies from the prior summer, according to FactSet.
In other markets, South Korea's Kospi jumped 1.8%, recovering some of its 14.5% drop last week.
The 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 5.14% from 5.09% late Friday.
October 19th, 2026

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