Most U.S. stocks fell Thursday, as they did on our Birmingham and Alabama Stock Report, but hopes for coming cuts to interest rates and Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology nudged indexes to more record highs.

On our list, Community Health Systems took the biggest hit at -4.6%.

A pair of area stocks bucked the negative trend with solid gains: First US Bancshares (+4.2%) and Vulcan Materials (+1.9%).