--- title: "Nasdaq Jumps Over 200 Points; Dillard's Shares Gain After Q1 Earnings" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286448927.md" description: "U.S. stocks rose, with the Nasdaq gaining over 200 points. Dillard's shares increased by 3% after reporting Q1 earnings of $16.04 per share, surpassing estimates. Notable gainers included Snail Inc (up 173%) and POET Technologies (up 29%). Conversely, Aeluma Inc and Stak Inc saw significant declines of 32% and 38%, respectively. Commodities showed mixed results, with oil down 0.1% and gold down 0.4%. Initial jobless claims rose to 211,000, while retail sales increased by 0.5% in April." datetime: "2026-05-14T17:10:01.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/286448927.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286448927.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/286448927.md) --- # Nasdaq Jumps Over 200 Points; Dillard's Shares Gain After Q1 Earnings U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 200 points on Thursday. The Dow traded up 0.68% to 50,031.50 while the NASDAQ gained 0.85% to 26,625.71. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.70% to 7,497.13. **Leading and Lagging Sectors** Information technology shares jumped by 0.9% on Thursday. In trading on Thursday, materials stocks fell by 0.5%. **Top Headline** **Dillard’s Inc** (NYSE:DDS) shares gained around 3% on Thursday as the company reported upbeat earnings for the first quarter. The company posted quarterly earnings of $16.04 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $10.37 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.568 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.555 billion. **Equities Trading UP**            - **Snail Inc** (NASDAQ:SNAL) shares shot up 173% to $1.37 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results - Shares of **POET Technologies Inc** (NASDAQ:POET) got a boost, surging 29% to $18.55 after the company announced it entered into a supply agreement with Lumilens to establish a strategic joint development and commercial technology partnership to advance a new class of wafer-level photonic integration for frontier AI infrastructure. - **Robo.ai Inc** (NASDAQ:AIIO) shares were also up, gaining 45% to $3.81 as the company announced the launch of its NeuroStream technology platform. **Equities Trading DOWN** - **Aeluma Inc** (NASDAQ:ALMU) shares dropped 32% to $21.30 after the company reported worse-than-expected third-quarter sales results and narrowed its FY26 sales guidance below estimates. - Shares of **Stak Inc** (NASDAQ:STAK) were down 38% to $1.47 after the company reported fiscal first-half 2026 financial results that showed slowing profitability despite higher revenue growth. - **Regenxbio Inc** (NASDAQ:RGNX) was down, falling 38% to $6.21 after the company reported worse-than-expected first-quarter financial results. **Commodities** In commodity news, oil traded down 0.1% to $100.97 while gold traded down 0.4% at $4,689.10. Silver traded down 4.9% to $85.010 on Thursday, while copper fell 1.2% to $6.6000. **Euro zone** European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 rose 0.5%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.7%. London's FTSE 100 rose 0.1%, Germany's DAX rose 1%, while France's CAC 40 gained 0.6%. **Asia Pacific Markets** Asian markets closed mixed on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.98%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 0.002%, China's Shanghai Composite dipping 1.52% and India's BSE Sensex gaining 1.06% **Economics** - U.S. initial jobless claims increased by 12,000 from the previous week to 211,000 during the first week of May, compared to market estimates of 205,000. - U.S. export prices rose by 3.3% month-over-month in April compared to a revised 1.5% gain in March. - U.S. import prices increased by 1.9% month-over-month in April, compared to market estimates of a 1% gain. - U.S. retail sales rose 0.5% month-over-month in April compared to a revised 1.6% gain in the previous month. _Photo via Shutterstock_ ### Related Stocks - [DDS.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DDS.US.md) - [.IXIC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.IXIC.US.md) - [.DJI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.DJI.US.md) - [.SPX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.SPX.US.md) - [SNAL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SNAL.US.md) - [POET.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/POET.US.md) - [AIIO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AIIO.US.md) - [ALMU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ALMU.US.md) - [STAK.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/STAK.US.md) - [RGNX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/RGNX.US.md) - [00HSI.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/00HSI.HK.md) - [AIIOW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AIIOW.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Dillard's Q1 revenue and profit beat analyst estimates](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286403194.md) - [Dillard's Q4 revenue misses estimates, hurt by winter storm impact](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276728638.md) - [POET Stock Jumped on $500 Million Deal With Lumilens. 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