It is a solid start to the month of August in the US stock market. The gains range from 1.32% all way up to 2.13%. The S&P, Nasdaq and Dow each rose for the 3rd straight day. Cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, cloud computing, semiconductors, renewable energy, and enterprise software names dominated the leaderboard, with CrowdStrike and Nebius NV posting double-digit gains and SoFi and First Solar also advancing more than 10%. The price of Palantir is down -29.31% on the year