At the open on Tuesday, Sept. 22, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 145.14 points, or 0.28%, to 52,193.97; the S&P 500 gained 8.46 points, or 0.11%, to 7,773.26; the Nasdaq Composite added 60.90 points, or 0.23%, to 27,183.

On Sept. 22 at the 2026 Hangzhou Yunqi Conference, Alibaba Group CEO Wu Yongming said machines are becoming the primary agents of thought and intelligence is evolving into a scaled commodity; he forecast total machine thinking will exceed human levels by more than 1,000 times. He identified AI models, AI chips and AI cloud as the three foundational pillars of the machine-intelligence era and said Alibaba will steadfastly invest in those infrastructure areas as a long-term strategic choice.

U.S. SEC filing shows NVIDIA (NVDA.O) committed to subscribe for $1.5 bln of SB Energy N-class common stock via a private placement.