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Reuters captured the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finishing the day lower, dragged by technology names as investors balanced fresh US economic pressure related to Iran against a packed earnings calendar that includes Nvidia. That mix, geopolitical jitters and a high-stakes Nvidia report, compresses weeks of narrative into a single trading day and explains why both the exchange operator Nasdaq, Inc. and Nvidia were in focus. Elsewhere, chatter about whether Alphabet could overtake Nvidia by 2027 shows investors are trading short-term headlines while routing capital toward multi-year AI stakes.