After moving mostly higher earlier in the session, stocks have given back ground over the course of the trading day on Thursday. The major averages have all pulled back off their highs of the session.
Currently, the major averages are posting modest gains. The Dow is up 29.58 points or 0.1 percent at 35,060.65, the Nasdaq is up 31.95 points or 0.2 percent at 15,318.58 and the S&P 500 is up 2.60 points or 0.1 percent at 4,516.67.
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April 17, 2026 15:29 ET The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to raise concerns for policymakers who worry about the impact of the supply shock and high energy prices on the real economy. Producer price data and various survey results on the housing market were the main news from the U.S. this week. In Europe, industrial production data for the euro area gained attention. GDP figures out of China and the policy move by the Singapore central bank were in focus in Asia.