Stock market today: Dow rallies, while S&P 500, Nasdaq fall with AI worries in focus ahead of Google earnings

US stocks were mixed on Wednesday as Wall Street assessed a fresh wave of earnings and waited for Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) results, eyeing the fallout from an AI-stoked slump in software stocks. The blue chip-heavy Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose roughly 0.2%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) slipped 0.2%, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell 0.8%, after tech stocks bore the brunt of the selling on Tuesday. Wall Street is trying to find its feet after AI disruption fears fueled a rush out of software stock ...