
October 19th, 2026
AI stocks went up on Wall Street on Monday.
They got back some of last week's big losses.
The S&P 500 rose 0.5% after its worst week since June.
The Nasdaq composite rose 1.1% because it has many technology stocks.
Most U.S. stocks outside AI and tech fell.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was mostly unchanged at 1:52 p.m. Eastern time.
European indexes fell a lot.
Many dropped more than 1%, including 1.1% in Paris.
The losses came after violent protests over the weekend.
These protests could make governments spend more.
That adds pressure on their bond markets.
Yields rose for European bonds.
French yields rose more than German ones because people worry about France's budget problems.
Much of the money for AI chips and data centers comes from borrowed money.
Treasury yields recently hit their highest levels in years or even decades.
This makes borrowing cost more 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%.
It got back 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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