QQQ gains 0.87% amid manufacturing strength and memory-price signals, leading SPY by 0.68 points

QQQ opened 0.21% higher and finished up 0.87%. SPY opened up 0.36% and ended 0.19% higher, leaving QQQ ahead by 0.68 percentage points. A stronger S&P Global manufacturing reading, softer ISM headline and employment figures, Apple guidance, and memory-price developments framed the technology-heavy advance. Iran and Hormuz negotiations, tariff signals, and later Fed dissent kept geopolitical, trade, and rate risks active. The clearest selected continuation followed the S&P Global PMI release, although both ETFs had already risen beforehand. Other selected headlines were accompanied by smaller moves or lacked complete pre-market price evidence.