The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up by +0.39%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.61%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up by +0.46%.  December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ25) are up +0.35%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQZ25) are up +0.43%. Stock indexes are moving higher today, with the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrials, and the Nasdaq 100 posting 2-week highs.  Strength in semiconductor stocks today is supporting gains in the overall market.  Also, energy produ ...

U.S. stocks gained modestly Friday, as investors shrugged off a CME Group outage that had disrupted futures trading overnight. The Dow industrials, Nasdaq composite and S&P 500 rose 0.4% or less in morning trading. Shares in technology companies such as Google owner Alphabet and some chip makers, including Micron Technology and Intel, logged bigger gains. Most Read from The Wall Street Journal Despite the rises, the Nasdaq composite was on course to register its first monthly loss since March, after a c ...

A late November rally propelled stocks near record highs, with investor optimism over a potential Federal Reserve interest-rate cut in December helping reverse the effects of an earlier midmonth market slump. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% on Friday, pushing it near a record set in late October and helping the index eke out a 0.1% monthly gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.6% on the day, finishing the month with a 0.3% gain. Most Read from The Wall Street Journal The tech-heavy Nasdaq, however, re ...