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WALL STREET SHARES END MIXED AHEAD OF NVIDIA RESULTS

Shares on Wall Street closed mixed on Wednesday in volatile trading, as investors squared up ahead of Nvidia's widely-anticipated quarterly results.

Nvidia NVDA.O ended up nearly 4%, while an index of semiconductors .SOX rose just over 2%. Nvidia's stock has surged 1,800% over the last five years.

Wall Street sees the artificial intelligence chip leader reporting adj EPS of $0.84, which would be up ~62% from $0.52 in year-ago quarter.

Investors will closely watch for signs Nvidia's key customers are curbing spending after years of heavy capital outlays. Such a shift would be concerning, analysts said, in light of DeepSeek's disruptive influence and the emergence of its low-cost AI model.

Here's the closing financial market snapshot:

(Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss)

FOR WEDNESDAY'S EARLIER LIVE MARKETS POSTS:

BOFA CLIENTS STILL FOND OF FINANCIAL STOCKS - CLICK HERE

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U.S. STOCKS CHIP AWAY AT RECENT LOSSES WITH NVIDIA RESULTS ON DECK - CLICK HERE

MORTGAGES: RATES DIP TO MULTI-MONTH LOWS, BORROWERS UNIMPRESSED - CLICK HERE

AHEAD OF NVIDIA RESULTS, NASDAQ COMPOSITE ON 4-DAY LOSING STREAK - CLICK HERE

WHERE TO MAKE SPACE FOR A EUROPE OVERWEIGHT? SELL BIG TECH - CLICK HERE

EUROPEAN AUTOS: GOOD NEWS COMING INTO SIGHT - CLICK HERE

WHO KNOWS WHERE THE EURO GOES, BUY VOL? - CLICK HERE

STOXX BACK AT RECORD HIGH - CLICK HERE

EUROPE BEFORE THE BELL: RISK-ON IN EUROPE, AFTER RISK-OFF IN US - CLICK HERE

MORNING BID EUROPE: NVIDIA RESULTS OFFER WINDOW INTO AI SPENDING - CLICK HERE