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May 8, 2026 4:10 PM

Wall Street Pops The Champagne, Main Street Hits A Record Low: This Week In The Market

If April was Wall Street’s most extraordinary month in two decades, the first week of May made clear the rally has no intention of cooling.

The S&P 500, tracked by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY), booked its sixth straight winning week above record highs at 7,400, while the Nasdaq 100 broke 29,000 for the first time ever.

All-time highs lit up screens across the board as the AI-driven advances kept defying gravity.

The U.S. tech sector, tracked via the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLK), has now rallied 34% in six weeks, the best six-week run on record, outpacing every comparable stretch of the dot-com era.

Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) gained over 30% on the week, its strongest run since December 2008. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) climbed more than 20%, with shares jumping 17% in a single session after a blowout data-center beat, ...