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Hey listeners, it's Saturday, October 19th.

I'm Francesca Fontana for the Wall Street Journal,

and this is What's News and Markets,

our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.

Let's get to it. Welcome back, everybody. I have got some breaking news for you.

Between last episode and right now, I have turned another year older.

I am very excited to be in my 30s. From what I have heard, it should be any day now that I get totally

bold over by self actualization. That is what happens in your 30s, right? I don't know. We'll see.

In other equally important news, earning season kept rolling on this week with more good signs from

banks. We also saw a sell-off in chip stocks

on Tuesday amid some mounting AI worries which were quelled and then some later in the

week by T. S. M. C. M. C. but more on that later. And on Wednesday the S&P 500 got a lift from banks

as well as airline stocks after United Airlines earnings. But we'll come back to that too.

All in all, the major indexes

extended their weekly winning streak, with the Dow gaining 1%, the S&P adding 0.9%,

and the NASDAQ adding 0.8%. percent.

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