In regular trading Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S & P 500 each recorded their sixth record close of the year, rising 0.6% and 0.8%, while the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.1%。

On August 3, Amazon announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.。Second-quarter net sales rose 11 percent to $134.4 billion, beating analysts' expectations of $131.5 billion.。Second-quarter net income of $6.7 billion, diluted earnings per share of 0.$65, more than three times Q2 2022 EPS。

This week's bright results from Silicon Valley technology giants became the biggest driver of the rise in U.S. stocks, and Amazon was not to be outdone after Google, Meta and Microsoft disclosed better-than-expected results, adding another firewood to the rise in the U.S. technology sector.。