The S&P 500 keeps soaring to new highs, making it feel impossible to find a cheap large-cap stock to buy today. This is especially true in technology and artificial intelligence (

Though Google Cloud is dominating headlines for its surprising outperformance, Alphabet’s core ad business remains robust. Google Search brought in revenue of $54.19 billion for the quarter, growing 12% year over year, while YouTube Ads revenue jumped 13% to $9.8.

Stocks were mixed Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 300 points after Honeywell and International Business Machines slumped on quarterly earnings updates, and as UnitedHealth Group traded lower after saying it was “complying with formal criminal and civil requests” from the U.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite ended Thursday's session with fresh record closes after scoring new all-time intraday highs earlier in the trading day. The broad market index closed 0.07% higher to end at 6,363.35, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq inched up 0.18% to finish at 21,057.96.

The company’s revenue grew 14 per cent year-over-year to $96.4 billion, largely fueled by strong Google Cloud sales. The cloud division proved to be a major driver of growth, with revenue increasing 32 per cent from the previous year to $13.

Alphabet Inc.'s Q2 earnings exceed expectations, fueled by AI-driven growth in Cloud and Search. Click for my updated look at GOOGL and why I'm still bullish.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq notched record high closes on Thursday as robust results from Google parent Alphabet fueled optimism about other heavyweight artificial intelligence stocks, while Tesla slumped after the electric vehicle maker's results disappointed investors.

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