Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq rise, Dow eyes fresh record to wrap up stand

US stocks rose on Tuesday after a record-setting start to the week, as investors assessed a remarkable run-up in chip stocks in the first half of the year and the dollar's growing strength.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) edged up 0.1% after the blue-chip benchmark closed above 52,000 for the first time on Monday. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) climbed 0.3% and 0.8%, respectively, as tech stocks continued to rally.

Investors are heading into the last trading day of the second quarter and first half of 2026 buoyed by a Supreme Court ruling that left Federal Reserve independence intact, for now, and by the prospect of potential US-Iran peace talks in Qatar starting Tuesday.

Tech's stellar rally this year has been powered by a 105% surge in chip stocks over the past six months, though the sector has seen an upswing in volatility in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz are recovering faster than expected, prompting a shift from fears of crude shortages to warnings of a looming glut. Oil prices continued to fall, poised for a quarterly drop with Brent (BZ=F) futures trading at $74 a barrel and WTI futures (CL=F) abo

Fuente original: Yahoo Finance (https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/live/stock-market-today-sp-500-nasdaq-rise-dow-eyes-fresh-record-to-wrap-up-standout-quarter-224823556.html)