Major deals among tech giants and the successful Wall Street debut of SK Hynix shares boosted stock markets.
Officials unveiled the mechanism for private equity gifts to the child accounts, which launch on July Fourth.
From mega-cap to small-cap, U.S. stocks survived and thrived a tumultuous first half of 2026.
Investors directed funds into other sectors rather than pulling them out of equities altogether.
SpaceX said in a regulatory filing last week that it will purchase AI coding agent startup Cursor for $60 billion.
Crude oil dropped below $75 per barrel on June 18, helping ease fears of rising inflation.