After ending the previous session narrowly mixed, stocks are turning in another lackluster performance during trading on Friday. The major averages have spent the day bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line.
Currently, the major averages are slightly lower. The Dow is down 13.32 points or less than a tenth of a percent at 34,932.15, the Nasdaq is down 15.96 points or 0.1 percent at 14,097.71 and the S&P 500 is down 0.53 points or less than a tenth of a percent at 4,507.71.
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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.