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Semiconductors, carmakers and gains in other sectors helped limit stock-market losses on Thursday

Shares of Snap Inc. rocketed higher after hours on Thursday after the social-media platform forecast second-quarter sales that were better than expected, as it attracts more users and tries to strengthen its advertising business.

Gilead Sciences Inc.’s stock rose 0.8% in after-hours trading Thursday, after the drug company’s adjusted first-quarter profit was narrower than expected.

Alphabet’s board also authorized the repurchase of up to $70 billion in shares.

Fund managers’ stock tips, market skeptics and how to win with a strong defense.

As analysts assess what a second Trump administration could mean for the U.S. economy, one team from Oxford Economics is forecasting that the proposed tariffs could eclipse any boost from tax cuts.

Buying stocks after the “final rate hike” in a cycle demands perfect timing.

Thursday’s U.S. economic data is ringing alarm bells in the minds of traders, economists and others, who are beginning to voice concerns that the world’s largest economy could be shifting into a stagflation-type of environment.

The property report includes 85 major metropolitan areas in the U.S. with populations of at least 750,000.

A surprisingly high inflation reading in the first quarter has raised anxiety about whether a key price index in March could be worse than expected and could lower the odds of U.S. interest-rate cuts.

“We’re definitely not doing what you would think somebody with our income could do with the money,” one six-figure earner said.

Rubrik seemed to check off the right boxes for investors Thursday as its stock surged in its public debut.