Dow jumps more than 250 points for record close and fifth winning day: Live updates

Cnbc · Aug 04, 2026 · 4760 words · By Sean Conlon; Joseph Wilkins; Lee Ying Shan; Tobias Burns

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to a fresh all-time high on Wednesday, powered by strong earnings and an advance in Nvidia shares.

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What happened

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to a fresh all-time high on Wednesday, powered by strong earnings and an advance in Nvidia shares.

Why it matters

The 30-stock index rose 263.24 points, or 0.49%, for a record close of 54,349.12 and its fifth straight positive day.

Common ground

The S&P 500 retreated from its new record high set earlier in the day, pulling back 0.17% to 7,723.55 as tech stocks slipped.

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Claim 1: “SpaceX shares dropped more than 13%”

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TradingView reports that the SpaceX (SPCX) price decreased by 13.61% in the past 24 hours, which aligns with the claim of dropping more than 13%.

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX has raised capital across more than 30 funding rounds since 2002, with each round gradually diluting Musk's equity from near 100% at founding to approximately 40.5% after the June 2026 IPO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

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web search NEUTRAL — What is Space Exploration Technologies Corp stock price today? The current price of SPCX is 108.27 USD — it has decreased by −13.61% in the past 24 hours.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-SPCX/

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web search NEUTRAL — Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SPCX).SpaceX Hissesinin Kazançlarını Açıklayacağı Bir Sonraki Tarih Nedir? SpaceX, bir sonraki kazanç raporunu 04 Ağu 2026 tarihinde yayımlayacak.
https://tr.investing.com/equities/spacex

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Claim 2: “The iShares US Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)... hit an all-time high dating back to its inception in 2006”

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Claim 3: “Copper climbed 1.3% to settle at $6.7275 per pound to hit its highest levels on record — going back to 1988”

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Claim 4: “CEO Peter Jackson would be leaving the company [Flutter Entertainment] and Dan Taylor... would replace him on Oct. 1”

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Claim 5: “Brent crude futures for October delivery... advanced 0.11% to settle at $79.45 a barrel”

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Claim 6: “The VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) popped 6.8%”

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Claim 7: “The company [Charles River Laboratories] also increased its adjusted earnings guidance to $11.15 and $11.45 per share”

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Claim 8: “the employment index retreated to 47.4”

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Claim 9: “the sale of its A+E stake to Hearst”

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Claim 10: “Eli Lilly... reported an earnings and revenue beat in its second-quarter financial report”

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Claim 11: “CVS beat FactSet consensus on earnings and revenue for the second quarter... reported earnings of $2.58 versus FactSet's $1.85”

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Claim 12: “Revenue for the company's [Disney] experiences business... was up 10% annually”

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Claim 13: “The ISM Services PMI was at 54.1 for the month”

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Claim 14: “The company said its capital expenditures jumped sixfold to $18.4 billion in the second quarter”

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Claim 15: “The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.83% to end at 26,363.44”

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The Motley Fool explicitly reports the Nasdaq Composite at $26,363.44 with a decrease of 0.83% on Wednesday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nasdaq-100 is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by approximately 100 (currently 101) of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The Nasdaq-1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq-100

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NASDAQ Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) is a stock market index that includes almost all stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, it is o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq_Composite

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Nasdaq Composite, a United States stock market index. Since first opening at 100.00 on February 5, 1971, the Nasdaq Composite has increased, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_Nasd…

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Claim 16: “On Tuesday, the three major averages notched their best four-day performance since April 2025”

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Claim 17: “West Texas Intermediate futures for September delivery settled down 0.73% at $75.22 per barrel”

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Claim 18: “The latter [Alphabet] slipped 4%”

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Claim 19: “Shares [of Charles River Laboratories] were up over 11%”

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Claim 20: “Dow member Nvidia shares popped more than 3%”

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The evidence provided only defines what Nvidia is; it does not mention stock price movements for August 5, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corporation[a] (/ ɛnˈvɪdiə / en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia

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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html

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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA invents the GPU and drives advances in AI, HPC, gaming, creative design, autonomous vehicles, and robotics.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/

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Claim 21: “The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to a fresh all-time high on Wednesday”

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The provided evidence does not confirm a record high on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. One search result mentions the Dow suffered steep losses on a Thursday, but there is no specific data confirming a record high on the preceding Wednesday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a United States stock market index. Since first closing at 62.76 on February 16, 1885, the Dow Jones Industrial…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_Dow_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the olde…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1896. Compare to the list of largest daily changes in the S&P 500 Index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_…

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Claim 22: “Uber posted revenue of $14.19 billion”

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Claim 23: “U.S.-traded shares of Gold Fields advanced nearly 10%”

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Claim 24: “The S&P 500 retreated from its new record high set earlier in the day, pulling back 0.17% to 7,723.55”

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While TradingView evidence mentions a high of 7,620.90 on June 2, 2026, there is no evidence confirming a close of 7,723.55 or a 0.17% pullback on August 5, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 400 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises common stocks which are issued by approximately 400 companies with middle market capitalizations, below those of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_400_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 companies with large market capitalizations, including two share classes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly fol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500

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Claim 25: “Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on Wednesday that she is ready to back an interest rate hike”

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Claim 26: “Shares [of Disney] moved more than 3% higher in afternoon trading”

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Claim 27: “Lilly earned an adjusted $8.38 per share on revenue of $22.97 billion”

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Claim 28: “Nonfarm job growth excluding government totaled a seasonally adjusted 44,000 for the month [July]”

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Claim 29: “Iran and Oman are negotiating a deal that would give Tehran control over inbound ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz”

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Claim 30: “Uber Technologies shares slid 3%”

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Claim 31: “The former [Advanced Micro Devices] fell 7%”

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No evidence was found after searching for AMD's stock performance on August 5, 2026.

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Claim 32: “the rocket company released its first quarterly report since going public in June”

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Wikipedia evidence explicitly states that Musk's equity was diluted after the 'June 2026 IPO', confirming SpaceX went public in June. Investing.com confirms a next earnings report date of August 4, 2026, supporting the claim of a quarterly report release in August.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 24, 2026 · SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people t…
https://www.spacex.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is an American spaceflight, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence company headquartered at the Starbase development site in St…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other…
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Claim 33: “the prices index rose to 70.3”

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Claim 34: “The 30-stock index rose 263.24 points, or 0.49%, for a record close of 54,349.12”

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No evidence provided contains the specific closing value of 54,349.12 or the point increase of 263.24 for the date in question.

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Claim 35: “chief scientist Jeff Dean is leaving the company after 27 years”

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Claim 36: “Kratos Defense & Security Solutions... boosted its full-year guidance, calling for revenue in a range of $1.75 billion to $1.81 billion”

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Claim 37: “Wednesday's move ended a four-day winning streak for the S&P 500”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (e.g., the letter 'S', Sheffield Wednesday FC) and does not mention the S&P 500's winning streak.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following events occurred in August 1974:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in EFL League One, the third tier of English football, following releg…
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Claim 38: “activist investor Starboard Value CEO Jeff Smith told Bloomberg the firm has built a stake in the company”

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Claim 39: “Shares of Shake Shack jumped nearly 9%”

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