Stock market news for Aug. 6, 2025

Stocks rose Wednesday, thanks to a jump in Apple, as investors analyzed the latest batch of corporate earnings.

The S&P 500 gained 0.73% to close at 6,345.06, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.21% and settled at 21,169.42. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 81.38 points, or 0.18%, ending at 44,193.12.

Apple climbed 5% after a White House official confirmed to CNBC that the iPhone maker is going to boost its investment in domestic manufacturing by $100 billion. That brings its total U.S. investment to $600 billion over the next four years.

Those moves follow a losing day for the market, marking the S&P 500‘s fifth down day of the last six and the Dow‘s sixth negative session of the past seven.

“By and large, this is just kind of a digestion that is still continuing from the relatively elevated [volatility] that occurred at the end of last week, as the payroll report was disappointing and the [Federal Reserve] did not cut,” said Michael Green, portfolio manager and chief strategist at Simplify Asset Management. “We’re just in a kind of a holding pattern right now.”

Investors have been grappling with the potential impacts of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which Green said have “not been as bad as we thought they might be.” On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that it’s imposing another 25% levy on goods from India, putting the total U.S. tariff rate on goods from the major U.S. trading partner at 50%.

“People are starting to recognize the tariffs have a different impact on the U.S. as an importer than they would if the U.S. was a major exporter, and things have generally calmed down,” Green told CNBC. “Now we’re in a little bit of a wait-and-see mode.”

Earnings season continues with companies reporting strong results, with about 81% of S&P 500 companies that have reported to date trouncing expectations, according to FactSet.

Among the day’s outperformers, McDonald’s closed nearly 3% higher after the fast-food restaurant chain’s second-quarter results beat the Street’s estimates on the top and bottom lines. Same-store sales grew at the fastest pace in almost two years. Arista Networks also rallied 17% on a stronger-than-expected report.

On the flip side, Snap shares tumbled 17% after revenue came in slightly below expectations, while Advanced Micro Devices fell more than 6% after posting adjusted earnings per share that missed estimates.

Green worries that investors are not rewarding beats as they have in the past, suggesting expectations were elevated heading into the season.

“There’s increasing questions about the quality of the earnings that are emerging,” he said.