After ending last Friday's trading narrowly mixed, the major U.S. stocks indexes have once again moved in opposite directions during trading on Monday.While the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 have moved to the upside, the narrower Dow is giving back ground after ending the previous session at a record closing high.Currently, the Dow is down 76.95 points or 0.2 percent at 46,681.33, but the S&P 500 is up 1...
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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.