After turning in a strong performance throughout much of the session on Friday, stocks gave back some ground in the latter part of the trading day but still closed mostly higher.While the major averages pulled back well off their best levels of the day, the Dow still ended the session at a new record closing high.The Dow advanced 294.04 points or 0.6 percent to 50,589.70, the S&P 500 climbed 27.75...
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.