After initially showing a lack of direction, stocks have moved mostly higher over the course of the trading day on Thursday. The major averages have all climbed into positive territory following the mixed performance seen in the previous session.
In recent trading, the major averages have reached new highs for the session. The Dow is up 122.09 points or 0.4 percent at 33,672.36, the Nasdaq is up 66.25 points or 0.5 percent at 13,159.10 and the S&P 500 is up 21.15 points or 0.5 percent at 4,295.66.
For comments and feedback contact: editorial@rttnews.com
May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.