The tech-skewed Nasdaq advanced 1.5%, while technology mega-caps including Netflix Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Facebook Inc, the so-called stay-at-home winners, also gained between 1% and 2%.
Airbnb did not give a timeline for when it may complete its IPO
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 34.20 points, or 0.12%, at the open to 27,651.18.
The Dow ended lower on the day, moving within tight ranges
The S&P 500 opened higher by 2.94 points, or 0.09%, at 3,438.50, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 42.28 points, or 0.37%, to 11,526.98 at the opening bell
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 72.57 points, or 0.25 per cent, at the open
The S&P 500 posted 29 new 52-week highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 112 new highs and 16 new lows
Should uncertainty persist, technology and momentum stocks that have led this year's rally may be particularly vulnerable to a selloff, some investors said
The four companies are collectively known among investors as the "FANG" group, for the first letters of Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet's Google
11 major S&P 500 sectors were split down the middle in early trading with five falling and energy stocks and financials, which bounced strongly in the previous session, giving back most of their gains
Data from IHS Markit showed gains at factories were offset by a retreat at services industries in September
Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc, which together fuelled a Wall Street rally since a coronavirus-driven crash in March, rose between 0.3% and 0.9% in early deals
Have a minimum of 15 to 20% (one or two) global funds in your portfolio for diversification, says Oswal
Major global indices have all gained 37 per cent to 75 per cent since their respective March 2020 low
Investors have gone back and forth on whether Son, 63, is a true visionary or more of a gambler
Softbank has been snapping up options in tech stocks over the past month in huge amounts, contributing to the largest trading volumes in contracts linked to individual firms in nearly 10 years
Prompted by Apple's stock split, Exxon will exit the index after 92 years
Virtually every constituency in the market has gotten more bullish as the S&P 500 surged 52% in five months
Ultra-low interest rates, trillions of dollars in stimulus and, more recently, a better-than-feared second-quarter earnings season have allowed all three of Wall Street's main indexes to recover
The latest move of Trump Administration is part of its effort to crackdown on Chinese companies