Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Wednesday after surprise jobs data. AMD stock plunged on earnings.

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Powell Industries (NASDAQ: POWL) gained 16.3% to $527.30 after reporting that Q1 new orders rose 63% year over year to $439 million, the company’s highest quarterly total in more than two years. This drove a robust book-to-bill ratio of 1.7.

U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq managing to close in the green, as investors assessed delayed economic data and tried to gauge the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy outlook for the near term. The S&P 500 and the Dow ended in ...

Wall Street is on edge after Friday's sharp reversal ahead of a week defined by Trump's Fed pick, jobs data, and more Big Tech earnings.