Wall St muted after Anthropic announces new AI tools

February 24, 2026 9:36 AM EST

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Feb 24 (Reuters) - ‌Wall ​Street's ​main indexes were subdued on Tuesday ‌as investors assessed Anthropic's announcement ⁠of new AI tools, including ‌plug-ins that could ‌help with investment banking tasks, private equity, engineering ​and design.

Anthropic unveiled 10 new ways for ⁠business customers to plug in its technology ​to key areas of their work, weeks after ​other releases sparked ‌an aggressive selloff of traditional software ⁠company shares.

At 09:31 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial ⁠Average fell 7.93 points, or ​0.01%, to 48,789.46, the S&P 500 lost 4.18 points, or 0.06%, ‌to 6,832.89 and the Nasdaq Composite ‌gained 2.66 points, or ⁠0.02%, to ‌22,635.01.

(Reporting by ​Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja ‌Desai)



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