QQQ finishes 1.43% higher, outpacing SPY amid macro and AI headlines

QQQ opened 0.89% higher and finished up 1.43%. SPY opened 0.47% higher and ended up 0.75%, leaving QQQ ahead by 0.68 percentage points. The Philadelphia Fed index, CPI and jobless-claims releases provided the main macro context, while Micron and OpenAI supplied semiconductor and AI updates. Among the selected updates, the largest measured 15-minute move followed the Philadelphia Fed release, when QQQ rose 0.56% and SPY gained 0.38%. CPI and jobless-claims figures arrived within the next two minutes.