Nasdaq Surges to New Record
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What drove the Nasdaq to surge over 2% and set a new record?
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Why did Meta Platforms’ stock jump more than 11% this week?
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Here's your Closing Bell Brief for Monday, September 21st. I'm Anthony Bansi for The Wall Street Journal. U.S. stocks started the week off strong.
How did the Warner Bros. Discovery settlement affect its share price?
Investors' sentiment was up on falling oil prices and optimism for trade talks between Washington and Beijing. The Nasdaq composite surged more than 2.25% to hit a record close. The S&P 500 gained almost 1.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7%. Among individual companies, shares of Meta Platforms jumped more than 11%. Investors rallied behind the company's new Muse artificial intelligence agent. Warner Bros. Discovery stock popped almost 11% after Paramount executives agreed to a settlement with concessions over the company's proposed merger.
What caused critical‑metal stocks to rally over 38% after the Greenland deal?
Shares of critical metals surged more than 38%. The jump followed a new Greenland security deal announced by President Trump on Friday. And strategy stock climbed more than 9% as Bitcoin surged above $86,000. Heads Up, an artificial intelligence tool, helped us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor. And we have a lot more coverage on the WSJ's What's News. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What drove the Nasdaq to surge over 2% and set a new record?
0:00–0:26
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Why did Meta Platforms’ stock jump more than 11% this week?
0:26–0:42
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How did the Warner Bros. Discovery settlement affect its share price?
0:42–1:20
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What caused critical‑metal stocks to rally over 38% after the Greenland deal?
1:20–2:00
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Why did Strategy stock climb 9% as Bitcoin surged past $86,000?
2:00–2:08