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Global stock markets rise as investors continue to bet on AI

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Power, J. (2026, October 28). Global stock markets rise as investors continue to bet on AI. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/28/global-stock-markets-rise-as-investors-continue-to-bet-on-ai?traffic_source=rss

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Al Jazeera · collected 2026-10-28 · by John Power

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Global stock markets climbed on Tuesday with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite leading gains at 1.18%, followed by the S&P 500 at 0.6% and a slight increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 0.03%. Major tech companies like Tesla, Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet saw positive movements, while Nvidia announced a $3 billion investment in Meta's equity offering despite Meta’s own stock falling by 1.64%. Asian markets also rallied on Wednesday with South Korea’s KOSPI index rising significantly after SK Hynix reported strong third-quarter results. Investors are looking ahead to earnings reports from Microsoft and Alphabet this week, amid discussions about potential AI investment bubbles similar to the dot-com era.
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As of October 28, 2026, global stock markets climbed as investors continued to bet on the promising future of AI-driven technology companies. In the United States, all three major indexes—the Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, and Dow Jones Industrial Average—rose, with the Nasdaq leading gains by 1.18 percent. Among the "Magnificent Seven" tech stocks, Tesla saw the largest increase at 4.04 percent, followed by Amazon's 1.61 percent rise, Apple's 0.93 percent gain, and Alphabet's 0.9 percent growth. Nvidia, currently the world’s most valuable public company, gained nearly 1 percent after announcing a $3 billion investment in Meta’s equity offering. Despite this optimism, Meta fell by 1.64 percent, while Microsoft declined by 0.24 percent. Investors are looking forward to upcoming earnings reports from major tech firms to assess the potential returns on their massive AI investments.

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🔮 Investors are keenly anticipating upcoming earnings reports from major tech players as they try to gauge whether their massive investments in AI will pay dividends.
2026-10-28 · Al Jazeera
Global stock markets rise as investors continue to bet on AI · assertive framing
2026-10-31 · Al Jazeera
Global stock markets rise as investors continue to bet on AI · assertive framing

Claims (17 extracted, 2 hedged)

Global stock markets have climbed as investors continue to bet on bright prospects for the tech giants driving the AI boom. asserted
investors → climb → boom
In the United States, all three major stock indexes rose on Tuesday, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, which gained 1.18 percent. asserted
which → rise → percent
Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4A bad day for Ben-Gvir as he addresses his supporters - list 2 of 4President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s Brazil exit ‘shameful’ - list 3 of 4Gaza’s women filmmakers turn pain into cinema as new academy launches - list 4 of 4‘This is America’: US envoy scolds Cuban diplomat at UN The benchmark S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent, while the narrower Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.03 percent. Five of the “Magnificent Seven” tech stocks rose, led by Tesla, up 4.04 percent. asserted
Five → address → Tesla
Amazon gained 1.61 percent, while Apple and Alphabet gained 0.93 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively. asserted
Apple → gain → percent
Nvidia, the world’s most valuable public company, rose almost 1 percent after announcing a $3bn investment in Meta’s equity offering. asserted
Nvidia → rise → offering
Meta fell 1.64 percent, while Microsoft fell 0.24 percent. asserted
Microsoft → fall → ?
Other big movers in tech included Advanced Micro Devices, Broadcom and Intel, which gained 5.45 percent, 4 percent and 3.61 percent, respectively. asserted
which → include → percent
Gains continued in the Asia Pacific on Wednesday, with stock markets in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia climbing. The KOSPI in Seoul led the gains, with the benchmark index up 5.84 percent as of 03:00 GMT. asserted
index → continue → GMT
The surge came as South Korea’s SK Hynix, one of the world’s top three memory chip makers, announced blockbuster third-quarter results on Wednesday, with operating profit soaring about 630 percent year-on-year to 83.33 trillion won ($62.8bn). asserted
profit → come → won
SK Hynix shares listed in South Korea surged more than 8 percent following the results. asserted
shares → list → results
Investors are keenly anticipating upcoming earnings reports from major tech players as they try to gauge whether their massive investments in AI will pay dividends. asserted
investments → anticipate → dividends
Microsoft and Alphabet report their latest results on Wednesday, followed by Amazon on Thursday and Apple on Monday. asserted
Microsoft → report → Monday
On Monday, AI giant Anthropic filed paperwork for its hotly anticipated IPO, reporting a net loss of $80.7bn in the first half of 2026 on $16.3bn in revenue. asserted
Anthropic → file → revenue
Tech firms have poured hundreds of billions of dollars each into AI infrastructure, fuelling debate over whether a speculative market bubble could be forming similar to the one that preceded the 2000 dot-com crash. uncertain
that → pour → crash
Global AI investment is forecast to hit $2.7 trillion in 2026 and $3.6 trillion in 2027, according to Gartner, a technology insights company. uncertain
investment → forecast → Gartner
Oil prices, which have been elevated since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, rose about 1 percent as Asian markets opened on Wednesday amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, including hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis. asserted
markets → elevate → Arabia
Futures for Brent crude, the global benchmark, stood at about $115 a barrel, up 59 percent from before the war began. asserted
war → stand → 115
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