Tesla slumps, Alphabet jumps: Google’s parent company stock gains 3% on AI spend, Tesla drops 9% after Q2 result
Tesla and Alphabet stocks delivered sharply contrasting movements on Thursday, sending their shares in opposite directions and exposing choppy undercurrents beneath Wall Street’s calm surface.Alphabet rallied 3.1% after it beat quarterly profit estimates and announced a $10 billion increase in AI chip and infrastructure investment this year, taking its total to $85 billion. The move…