After moving to the downside early in the session, the major U.S. stock indexes have turned mixed over the course of the trading day on Tuesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq has bounced off its lows of the session and into positive territory, while the Dow and the S&P 500 remain in the red.
The Nasdaq reached a new record intraday high in recent trading and is currently up 38.36 points or 0.2 percent at 17,230.89.
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April 17, 2026 15:29 ET The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to raise concerns for policymakers who worry about the impact of the supply shock and high energy prices on the real economy. Producer price data and various survey results on the housing market were the main news from the U.S. this week. In Europe, industrial production data for the euro area gained attention. GDP figures out of China and the policy move by the Singapore central bank were in focus in Asia.