(Reuters) -Wall Street futures held steady on Friday as investors took a breather following record closes for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in the previous session and awaited clarity on trade negotiations ahead of next week's tariff deadline.

For anybody hunting for parallels between contemporary markets and 1999, BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky has a chart that might be of interest.

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) shares gapped up 6.4% in Thursday morning trading after its second-quarter earnings and revenue rose past the consensus, with all three of its business units logged solid gains.

Nasdaq is expected to release its earnings on July 24, covering a quarter that experienced a surge in the Nasdaq 100 index and U.S. stocks, reaching all-time high.

About This EventMega Fortune (Nasdaq: MGRT), an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) company based in Hong Kong, visits the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square to ring the Closing Bell, celebrating its official listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market and 14th anniversary of delivering cutting-edge BPO services and IoT integration solutions,

Still, XRP's growth curve is undeniably gentler than Strategy's, and it's possible that its millionaire-maker trajectory is largely in the past rather than the future. Ripple needs to roll out additional services, court more governments and regulators, and withstand political pushback if it happens again.

Nasdaq CEO said on Thursday the strong performance of recent large-cap IPOs has improved the outlook for new listings, riding high after beating second-quarter profit estimates that sent the exchange operator's shares up 7%.

Nvidia took a $4.5 billion write-off in its latest quarter on unsold H20 chips that it was unable to repurpose for other markets. If sales of these high-volume chips to China resume, a reversal of this write-off could boost earnings.

Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock saw a massive rally across the first half of 2025's trading. The tech company's share price rose 80.3% across the stretch against the backdrop of a 5.5% gain for the S&P 500 index, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence