That bell marks the end of regulation.

Rockefeller asset management ringing the closing belt

the New York Stock Exchange.

Sprout social doing the honors at the NASDAQ,

and it's a solid rally for the major averages

as tensions with China ease

and the president turns down the heat on Fed Chair Powell.

Those stocks did finish well off their best levels of the day.

That's the scorecard on Wall Street,

but winners stay late.

Welcome to Clos closing bell overtime. I'm John Ford with Morgan Brennan. Well, get ready for a

massive hour of earnings results. Headlined by IBM, Texas Instruments, Lamb Research, Chipotle,

and Service. Now, we're going to bring you all of the numbers and any commentary about

tariffs and the economy from executives.

And also this hour, former Kansas City Fed President Esther George is going to join us to talk

about the warning signs from the beige book and about President Trump's softened stance

on firing Chair Powell as we await those earnings.

So let's get straight to today's market action.

Joining us now is

Bespoke Investment Group co-founder Paul Hickey and Evans May Wealth Managing Director Brooke May. Guys,

welcome. Brooke, are you heartened by the market action over the past couple of days or is it just

getting us back to before the crazy? It's hard to say. Who knows what next week's headlines will bring. That said,

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