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It’s Nvidia Day. Watch the largest company on earth report earnings after the bell
- Dow futures are up 27 points, S&P 500 futures are higher by 0.1%, and Nasdaq 100 futures are up 0.3% ahead of Nvidia’s earnings, after the S&P closed up nearly 0.8%, the Nasdaq gained about 1%, and the Dow added 370 points on Tuesday.
- Asia rallied overnight, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumping 1.4% to a record, South Korea’s Kospi surging 1.72% past 6,000 for the first time, and Taiwan rising 1.8% to its fifth straight record close.
- Bitcoin surged by 2% back to $65,000 after briefly crashing to $62,000 yesterday.
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Currency markets are steady but active as traders position around the dollar.
In the majors, USD/CHF sits at 0.773, down 0.001 or 0.091%. EUR/GBP trades at 0.873, up 0.001 or 0.06%. AUD/USD is stronger at 0.711, rising 0.005 or 0.71%, while AUD/JPY climbs to 110.7, up 0.71 or 0.65%.
USD/CAD comes in at 1.368, down 0.002 or 0.146%. USD/JPY is at 155.81, slipping 0.07 or 0.045%. EUR/USD trades at 1.18, up 0.003 or 0.246%, and EUR/JPY stands at 183.86, higher by 0.37 or 0.2%. GBP/USD is at 1.351, up 0.003 or 0.2%, while EUR/CHF ticks up to 0.912, gaining 0.001 or 0.15%.
Across the Americas, USD/CLP is 860, down 0.2 or 0.023%. USD/BRL trades at 5.152, lower by 0.002 or 0.029%. USD/ARS jumps to 1,379, up 11 or 0.8%.
USD/MXN is 17.162, down 0.003 or 0.018%. USD/COP sits at 3,701.62, up 3.02 or 0.08%, and USD/CRC trades at 471.91, rising 0.54 or 0.11%.
In Asia-Pacific, USD/KRW drops to 1,432.31, down 9.03 or 0.627%. USD/SGD is 1.264, lower by 0.002 or 0.174%. USD/INR edges up to 90.93, gaining 0.032 or 0.035%. NZD/USD trades at 0.598, up 0.002 or 0.369%. USD/HKD stands at 7.819, down 0.004 or 0.049%.
In Europe, USD/RUB is 76.35, down 0.25 or 0.326%, while USD/SEK trades at 9.021, lower by 0.031 or 0.343%.
Wayve just locked in an $8.6 billion valuation after raising $1.2 billion in a Series D round backed by Nvidia, Microsoft and Uber.
The round was led by Eclipse, Balderton and SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Automakers Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis also took part. Uber is going further, committing up to an additional $300 million in milestone-based capital.
Alex Kendall, Wayve’s CEO, said the company is “building for a total addressable market that spans every vehicle that moves.” He added that the new funding speeds up commercial deployment and helps the company build what he calls the autonomy layer for vehicles everywhere.
Wayve was founded in 2017 in the U.K. and focuses on autonomous driving software and AI models. Before this round, the company had already raised more than $1 billion, making it one of Europe’s most valuable startups.
In 2025, Wayve signed a deal with Nissan to integrate its AI into driver-assistance systems, with vehicles using the tech expected to roll out starting in 2027.
The company also plans to begin public robotaxi trials with Uber in London in 2026, followed by expansion into more than 10 global markets.
U.S. stock futures ticked up Tuesday night as traders braced for Nvidia’s report after the bell. Dow futures added 27 points, S&P 500 futures rose by 0.1%, and Nasdaq 100 futures surged by about 0.3%.
That follows a strong cash session. The S&P 500 closed up nearly 0.8%, the Nasdaq Composite climbed about 1%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 370 points, also roughly 0.8%, as worries about AI disruption across industries cooled off.
Investors are reassessing rich tech valuations and questioning how sustainable hyperscalers’ heavy AI capital spending really is.
Over in Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 surged 2.31% to 58,646.16, up 1,325.07 points, while the Topix rallied by 0.3%.
South Korea’s Kospi jumped 1.88% to 6,082.14, up 112.50 points, clearing the 6,000 level for the first time ever, thanks to tech giants SK Hynix (up 0.6%) and Samsung Electronics (+0.88%). Korea’s Kosdaq also edged higher by 0.16%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.17% to 9,128.30, up 106 points. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.37% to 26,688.60, up 98.28 points, while mainland China’s Shanghai Composite added 0.63% to 4,143.25, up 25.841 points, and the CSI 300 gained 0.49%.
India’s Nifty 50 advanced 0.73% to 25,610.05, up 185.40 points. Taiwan’s benchmark climbed 1.8% for its fifth straight record close.
Back in the U.S., Advanced Micro Devices surged 8.8% after Meta Platforms announced a multiyear deal to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs for AI data centers and take a performance-based warrant for up to 160 million shares.
That came a week after Meta said it is using millions of Nvidia chips in its buildout. Nvidia’s stock rose 0.7%.
Bitcoin also bounced about 2%, returning to around $65,000 after briefly dipping below $63,000 on Tuesday.
What to know
Markets are steady, global stocks are ripping, and now everything comes down to Nvidia’s numbers after the bell.
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