Dow Surges Over 100 Points; Goldman Sachs Posts Upbeat Earnings

Market Overview - U.S. stocks traded higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 100 points, up 0.25% to 44,133.80, NASDAQ rose 0.09% to 20,696.02, and S&P 500 increased 0.12% to 6,251.54 [1] - Health care shares jumped by 1.2%, while energy stocks dipped by 0.3% [1] Company Performance - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reported second-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations, with net revenue rising 15% year over year to $14.58 billion, surpassing the consensus estimate of $13.36 billion, although it declined 3% from the prior quarter [2] - GAAP earnings for Goldman Sachs came in at $10.91 per share, up from $8.62 a year ago and above the $9.48 consensus, with first-half EPS rising to $25.07 from $20.21 a year earlier [2] Stock Movements - Aptorum Group Limited shares surged 256% to $3.45 following an all-stock merger agreement with DiamiR [8] - Nuwellis, Inc. shares increased by 121% to $15.25 after securing a U.S. patent for a blood filtering machine [8] - Rigetti Computing, Inc. shares rose 30% to $16.59 after unveiling the largest multi-chip quantum computer in the industry [8] - Soluna Holdings, Inc. shares dropped 28% to $0.5481 after announcing a $5 million public offering [8] - ASML Holding N.V. shares fell 9% to $748.09 due to concerns over 2026 growth prospects [8] - Onconetix, Inc. shares decreased by 22% to $3.5150 following a merger agreement with Ocuvex Therapeutics [8] Commodity Prices - Oil traded down 0.5% to $66.18, while gold increased by 0.7% to $3,358.70 [5] - Silver fell 0.1% to $38.085, and copper decreased by 0.9% to $5.53 [5] Economic Indicators - U.S. crude oil inventories declined by 3.859 million barrels in the week ended July 11 [11] - U.S. industrial production increased by 0.3% in June, exceeding market estimates of a 0.1% rise [11] - U.S. producer prices remained unchanged in June from May, compared to a revised 0.3% gain in the previous period [11]