Stock market today: US stocks tip higher after Dow tops 50,000 milestone as jobs, inflation reports loom

US stocks turned higher Monday, after a turbulent week that ended with the Dow closing above 50,000 for the first time, as investors face another busy schedule of earnings and economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) hovered above the flatline, keeping above its milestone. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose around 0.5%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) gained about 0.5%. Wall Street continues to debate the AI disruption risk to software companies, with a sharp decline in shar ...