Investors at brokerage Charles Schwab increased their equities holdings in December, and it seems they can't enough of Nvidia stock. The tech titan was their top pick for the month, and other familiar tech names were popular as well.

Nvidia (NVDA) shares are rising Tuesday morning after CEO Jensen Huang made a slew of product announcements in his CES keynote, including new gaming chips and advanced technologies for programming humanoid robots and self-driving cars.

Tech stocks rallied in 2024, with powerhouse artificial intelligence (AI) stocks like Nvidia ( NVDA -0.02%) and Palantir Technologies ( PLTR -2.52%) bringing up the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC 0.16%). But it was a good year for the whole market, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 only surpassed it by a hairbreadth -- a 25.9% gain versus 25% for the S&P 500.

The Dow Jones and S&P 500 were in mostly negative territory after reversing lower Tuesday morning. Nvidia was a big loser.

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This year, however, AI tokens have shown their fragility. NEAR is down by more than 8% in the past 24 hours while FET slumped nearly 9%. NVDA in contrast began the year trading at $133 and rose by 15% to $153 on Monday as the conference began.

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U.S. stock futures are little changed after indexes were mixed Monday; Nvidia stock adds to all-time high after CEO comments; and Uber shares climb after it announces collaboration with Nvidia on autonomous driving.

Nvidia (NVDA) is kicking off 2025 like it owns the year already. Shares are up almost 6% just two trading days into January, with the stock sitting at $143.78