15/05/2026
Boosted by multiple factors including rising AI-related trading, strong corporate earnings, and further enhanced resilience of U.S. consumers, Wall Street stock indices first hit record highs, followed by a follow-up rise in Asian stock markets.
In the Asian market, stock markets in Japan, South Korea, and Australia rose collectively, driving the MSCI Asia-Pacific Index to continue its upward trend. Currently, the index is expected to achieve a sixth consecutive week of gains, setting the longest winning streak since late January this year. Meanwhile, Nasdaq 100 index futures stabilized after U.S. stocks closed at record highs, with almost no significant fluctuations.
The rise in U.S. stocks was mainly led by AI-related companies. Among them, Nvidia Corp.’s stock price rose for six consecutive trading days, with its latest market value approaching $6 trillion (as of the close of trading on May 14th Eastern Time in the U.S., the market value was approximately $5.73 trillion); AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems Inc. performed impressively on its first day of listing, with its stock price surging 68%, and once rose by as much as 108% after the opening, triggering a circuit breaker mechanism, setting a brilliant performance for U.S. technology company IPOs in recent years; the stock price of Applied Materials Inc. also rose in after-hours trading driven by positive expectations, with its latest closing price on U.S. stocks at $440.56, a cumulative increase of 19.13% in the past three months.
In other markets, Brent crude oil prices rose 0.7% to around $106 per barrel, a price level expected to remain until the end of June, mainly affected by the disruption of the Middle East oil supply chain; the U.S. dollar continued its upward trend for the previous four trading days. For the British pound, it fell on Thursday as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership faced new challenges. In addition, the focus of the Asian market is also on U.S. President
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