Market Midday: Stocks Higher, Canada Hits Back With Tariffs, Confidence Tanks • 8/25/26

CNBC business news update. Midday on Wall Street. I'm Jessica Edinger.Markets are modestly higher. The Dow up 97 points being led higher now by shares of Merc. They're up 2% this afternoon.The S&P 500 index up 20, the Nasdaq up 149 points. Most of the chip makers are in the green. AMD up 4%.Nvidia, which reports quarterly results tomorrow, up one and a half% this afternoon. Canada has unveiled retaliatory tariffs on US goods. Here is Canada's finance minister.>> Canada must respond, and today we are in a pr ...