The major U.S. stock indexes continue to turn in a mixed performance in mid-day trading on Monday, with the Dow poised to end a five-day losing streak but the tech-heavy Nasdaq extending a recent downward trend.
Currently, the Dow is hovering firmly in positive territory, up 229.35 points or 34.837.07. The S&P 500 has been bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line and is nearly flat, while the Nasdaq is down 50.55 points or 0.3 percent at 15,064.95.
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.