US stocks gained steam on Thursday afternoon as investors digested megacap tech earnings and waited for Apple (AAPL) results for more clues on prospects for Big Tech. Right ahead of the closing bell,

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the other major indexes held hearty gains in the final hours of trading Tuesday, as select artificial intelligence and related stocks tried to recoup some of Monday's steep losses.

US markets stabilised Tuesday following a wipeout a day earlier when DeepSeek startled markets with its capacity to compete with American tech giants.