President Donald Trump's boost to AI demand hopes is outweighing fresh tariff threats on China and the EU, as earnings season rolls on.

Wall Street closed higher, with the S&P 500 index scoring an all-time high. Blowout Netflix results and plans for $500b AI investment fuel gains.

Wall Street's indexes rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 hitting an intraday record high as investors cheered streaming video provider Netflix's quarterly report and President Donald Trump's private-sector artificial intelligence infrastructure investment plan.

The criticism directed at The Brutalist has also shone a light on Netflix's own Oscars hopeful, Emilia Pérez, a musical directed by Jacques Audiard about a cartel boss looking to retire and transition into living as a woman. In the movie, Karla Sofìa Gascón's singing voice was enhanced using AI.

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday, with those tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq in the lead as investors cheered streaming giant Netflix's strong quarterly performance and President Donald Trump's multi-billion show of support for the AI technology industry.

Trump vowed to hit the "very, very bad" European Union with tariffs and said his administration was also discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports - blaming the trafficking of fentanyl from China to the U.S. via Mexico and Canada.

Wall Street's indexes climbed on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 reaching record highs. Investors celebrated Netflix's subscriber boost and Trump's $500 billion AI investment plan. The technology sector led gains,

The Trade Desk Inc . (NASDAQ:TTD), the largest independent demand-side platform (DSP) in the programmatic advertising space, has been making waves in the digital advertising industry. With a market capitalization of $58.

Netflix, Oracle and other technology stocks lifted U.S. indexes as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around the moneymaking prospects of artificial intelligence. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Wednesday and closed just shy of the record it set in early December.

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 hitting a record high, as investors cheered streaming video provider Netflix's quarterly report and technology shares rallied after the announcement of a private-sector artificial intelligence infrastructure plan.