
The leader of the AI revolution approached a new peak on Friday, and two of the three main U.S. equity indexes posted fresh all-time highs during a risk-on yet mixed-up stock market rally. Crude oil prices declined amid relative quiet on the Middle East front.
Nvidia (NVDA, +4.3%) was the top-performing Dow Jones stock and closed within a couple of dollars of a new high, even as the industrial average was alone among the main indexes in the red for the day. NVDA, which traded at $212.19 intraday on October 29, changed hands at a high of $210.95 today.