It's sort of like a rock sitting on the edge of a cliff. If you can put enough sort of oomph into it, you can get it over the cliff, then gravity does the rest. The metaphor kind of breaks down because the stock's moving up, so the gravity seems to be pointing the other direction.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is hanging near its records on Thursday, though the calm surface of the U.S. stock market is hiding some roiling moves underneath. Alphabet is rising, and Tesla is tumbling following a jumble of profit reports from big U.S. companies.

Wall Street is hanging near its records on Thursday, but the calm surface of the U.S. stock market is hiding some roiling moves underneath. Alphabet is rallying, and Tesla is sinking sharply following a jumble of profit reports from big U.

Asian shares are lower after Wall Street inched to more records as gains for Alphabet and artificial-intelligence stocks offset a steep tumble for EV-maker Tesla.

The S&P 500 was up 0.2% after setting an all-time high the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 310 points, and the Nasdaq composite was up 0.4%. Alphabet climbed after the company behind Google and YouTube delivered a fatter profit than analysts expected.

Wall Street inched to more records Thursday as gains for Alphabet and artificial-intelligence stocks helped make up for Tesla’s steep tumble. The S&P 500 added 0.1% to its all-time high set the day before.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is hanging near its records on Thursday, though the calm surface of the U.S. stock market is hiding some roiling moves underneath. Alphabet is rising, and Tesla is tumbling following a jumble of profit reports from big U.S. companies.

Google-parent Alphabet raised its capital spending plans for the year to about $85 billion and predicted a further increase next year, shrugging off uncertainties from U.S. trade policy. Electric carmaker Tesla,