After ending yesterday's choppy trading session little changed, stocks have moved mostly lower during trading on Friday. The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 have moved moderately lower, although the narrower Dow is bucking the downtrend.
Currently, the major averages are turning in mixed performance. While the Dow is up 99.28 points or 0.2 percent at 45,010.54, the S&P 500 is down 16.75 points or 0.3 percent at 6,451.79 and the Nasdaq is down 96.28 points or 0.4 percent at 21,614.39.
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June 19, 2026 16:46 ET Major central banks continued to dominate the economic news flow this week too, led by the Federal Reserve, as they announced their latest policy decisions. The Federal Reserve policy session was in focus as it was the first to be led by the new chief Kevin Warsh. In Europe, central banks of the U.K. and Switzerland announced their rate decisions. In Asia, the Bank of Japan drew attention for its policy moves, while data out of China threw some light on the state of the economy.