An initial round of nine schools was asked to sign the wide-ranging accord, the newspaper reported.

Heavyweight Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix soared over 4% and 11%, respectively.

The partnership will "focus on increasing the supply of advanced memory chips essential for next-generation AI and expanding data center capacity in Korea."

Major U.S. stock indexes closed in the green on Wednesday on hopes that the funding stoppage would be brief and limit any serious effects on the economy.

Cramer said that the biggest winners of the third quarter may keep inching higher but the biggest gains may have already been realized.

The shutdown could cause hundreds of thousands of federal workers to be furloughed and a slew of key programs and services to be shuttered.

Conservationist Jane Goodall known for her chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy has died at 91.

The announcement came on the first day of the federal government shutdown.

The latest catalysts were persistent momentum in core AI plays, retail-trader favorites and opportunistic rotation into a laggard sector. 

NASA made an exception to allow work on Artemis missions with SpaceX and Blue Origin to continue during the government shutdown.