Tech stocks lead Wall Street after strong Nvidia, Salesforce forecasts driven by AI demand

Technology stocks are leading Wall Street on Thursday after Nvidia, Salesforce and others reported even fatter profits for the spring than analysts expected. The S&P 500 added 0.7% and pulled closer to its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 172 points, or 0.3%, as of 12:32 p.m. ET, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.4% higher. Nvidia was the strongest force pulling the market higher, even though more stocks fell within the S&P 500 than ro...