Dow Jones Rises 900 Points as AI Trade Takes Breather

Small-cap stocks are also outperforming, with the Russell 2000 eyeing 3,000.

Wall Street in New York City on April 4, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Investors are taking a break from the artificial intelligence (AI) trade and rotating into more conventional bank and retail stocks.

The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 900 points, or 1.8 percent, to above 51,600—a fresh intraday high.