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US stocks ticked higher Tuesday, with the S&P 500 rising 0.5 percent and pulling within 1.3 percent of its all-time high, as AI-industry stocks supported the market, the Korea Times reports. The tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed over 1 percent on Wednesday after quarterly results from SpaceX and Super Micro Computer improved appetite for AI-linked stocks, while Netflix slipped as its forecast failed to impress investors. Korean stocks opened sharply higher Wednesday, tracking overnight Wall Street gains, as strong AI-driven semiconductor earnings lifted sentiment ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, according to Yonhap and the Korea Times. The KOSPI surged above 5,600 on Oct. 27, shaking off the previous day's sluggishness, Business Korea reported.