Stocks moved mostly higher over the course of the trading session on Friday, with the major averages all climbing firmly into positive territory after showing a lack of direction early in the session.The Dow and the S&P 500 reached their best closing levels since early 2022, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq ended the day at a four-month closing high.While the Dow jumped 294.61 points or 0.8 percent to ...
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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.