Stocks have seen considerable volatility over the course of morning trading on Friday, with the major averages showing wild swings following the notable downturn seen in the previous session.
Currently, the major averages are all in positive territory but off their highs of the session. The Dow is up 242.97 points or 0.8 percent at 30,576.56, the Nasdaq is up 11.94 points or 0.1 percent at 10,626.79 and the S&P 500 is up 19.21 points or 0.5 percent at 3,684.99.
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.