Stocks moved mostly higher early in the session on Friday and continue to see modest strength in afternoon trading. The major averages have pulled back off their highs of the session but remain in positive territory.
Currently, the Dow is up 69.00 points or 0.2 percent at 34,569.73, the Nasdaq is up 27.43 points or 0.2 percent at 13,776.26 and the S&P 500 is up 8.50 points or 0.2 percent at 4,459.64.
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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.