Netflix stock soars after strong subscriber gains, Oracle teams with OpenAI and SoftBank in a $500 billion AI infrastructure partnership, and Johnson & Johnson falls after mixed guidance.

Novo Nordisk shares surged on the results of a new obesity-drug study Friday. The Danish pharmaceutical giant behind Ozempic and Wegovy said an experimental weight-loss shot helped patients lose 22% of their body weight in a clinical trial.

Wall Street's indexes rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 hitting an intraday record high as investors cheered streaming video provider Netflix's quarterly report and President Donald Trump's private-sector artificial intelligence infrastructure investment plan.

Analysts are expecting Procter & Gamble Co. PG to post quarterly earnings at $1.86 per share on revenue of $21.54 billion. The company will release earnings before the markets open. Procter & Gamble shares gained 1% to $163.38 in after-hours trading.

Nasdaq led gains on Wall Street as investors responded positively to Netflix's strong performance and President Trump's AI infrastructure plan. Procter & Gamble also posted gains, while tariff threats loom.

Netflix shot up 14.6% after it reported adding nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter and it topped sales and profit targets. The video streaming service’s expansion into live programming appears to be paying off as it wrapped up its best year ever with more than $40 billion in revenue.

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Better bank earnings and inflation readings sent bond and stock prices higher. Earnings and politics will likely have the most significant impact on markets this week.

Donald Trump presidential inauguration, Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday, earnings expected from Netflix, American Express, United Airlines

Netflix, Oracle and other technology stocks are lifting U.S. indexes Wednesday as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around the moneymaking prospects of artificial intelligence.

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