Stocks closed solidly higher on Friday, pushing major indexes to big weekly gains for the third time in the last four weeks.

The S&P 500 added 0.7% on Friday, May 16, 2025, closing the week with a fifth straight day of gains even as a survey showed ...

Chris Hohn, knighted in the U.K. and founder of The Children's Investment Fund, was called the best investor Europe has ever had by Nicolai Tangen, head of Norway's sovereign wealth fund, in an ...

S&P 500 futures are up 0.2% Dow industrials futures are up 0.2% Nasdaq-100 futures are up 0.2% On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 271.69 points, or 0.65% to 42322.75, the S&P 500 ...

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U.S. stocks opened mostly higher on Friday as the S&P 500 tried for a fifth straight advance at the close of what has been another strong week for stocks. On the news front, investors digested a ...

Wall Street major averages are muted on Friday as the S&P 500 hoped to extend its four-day straight rally, while investors ...

U.S. stocks rise, shrugging off data showing consumer have grown gloomier. The S&P 500 is on track for its fifth straight day ...

Wall Street major averages closed significantly higher on Friday, despite softer-than-expected inflation data, and consumer ...

The S&P 500 opened higher Friday, on track to rise for the fifth day in a row to cap off a strong week of gains for the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat to start the day. The S&P 500 ...

The S&P 500 rose for a fifth day in a row as the major indexes capped off their best week since the Trump administration began temporarily rolling back tariffs in April. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

US housing starts increased in April with a pickup in multifamily home construction more than offsetting a decline in single-family homebuilding. Meanwhile, Import prices rose 0.1% month-over ...