With optimism about additional stimulus overshadowing disappointing jobs data, stocks have moved mostly higher in morning trading on Friday. The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 have reached new record highs, although the narrower Dow has underperformed its counterparts.
Currently, the Nasdaq is up 114.42 points or 0.9 percent at 13,181.90 and the S&P 500 is up 17.13 points or 0.5 percent at 3,820.92. Meanwhile, the Dow is lingering near the unchanged line, up just 3.98 points or less than a tenth of a percent at 31,045.11.
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.