After showing a lack of direction early in the session, stocks continue to experience choppy trading Friday afternoon. The major averages have spent much of the day bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line.
Currently, the major averages are posting modest gains. The Dow is up 78.73 points or 0.2 percent at 35,303.91, the Nasdaq is up 27.59 points or 0.2 percent at 14,090.90 and the S&P 500 is up 14.75 points or 0.3 percent at 4,549.62.
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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.