S&P Dow Jones Indices has decided not to change its guidelines for including large "MegaCap" companies in its stock indexes.

Stocks gained ground on Wall Street as AI stocks like Nvidia turned higher again.

Stock indexes wound up mixed on Wall Street but still clocked their first weekly loss in the last four.

Stocks moved further into record territory on Wall Street.

MrBeast’s new CEO is hitting Wall Street as YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson’s media empire looks to develop long-term brand partnerships and, in turn, unlock more funding for its charitable content.

U.S. stock markets will close on Thursday of next week in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, continuing a long-held Wall Street tradition in mourning the nation’s leaders.

An appeals court in Louisiana has ruled that Nasdaq can’t require diversity on the boards of companies that list on the exchange.

Stocks closed with solid gains as Wall Street put the finishing touches on one of its best months of the year.

Donald Trump’s Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk’s X.

Shares of Trump Media have slumped to new lows on the first trading day that its biggest shareholder, former President Donald Trump, is free to sell his stake in the company behind the Truth Social platform.

Shares have fallen in Asia after a broad washout across Wall Street dragged U.S. stocks lower.

Stocks drifted lower on Wall Street, erasing the S&P 500's gains for the week.

Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, has fired an auditor that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.”.

An insider trading trial has begun for a financial executive charged with enabling his boss and others to make millions of dollars illegally on news that an acquisition firm was taking former President Donald Trump's media company public.

A Delaware judge has granted a request by attorneys for Donald Trump and Trump Media & Technology Group, parent company of his Truth Social platform, to slow down a merger-related lawsuit filed by two cofounders of the company.

Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company rose about 16% in the first day of trading, boosting the value of Trump’s large stake in the company as well as the smaller holdings of fans who purchased shares as a show of support for the former president.

A Dubai sovereign wealth fund that’s the single-largest shareholder in the Nasdaq stock index plans to sell a third of its shares in the exchange.

Adam Neumann, the ousted co-founder of WeWork, is exploring a deal to buy back the office sharing company after expressing dismay over its bankruptcy process.

Premarket trading on Wall Street was mixed on what’s expected to be another quiet day between the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Shares are mixed in Asia after the rally on Wall Street fizzled with big declines for Tesla, Netflix and other big tech-oriented stocks.

Nasdaq is buying software company Adenza from software investment company Thoma Bravo in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $10.5 billion.

Wall Street’s rally hit a wall after a surprisingly strong jobs report fueled worries about inflation and higher interest rates.

A rally for tech stocks applied some salve on Wall Street’s rough week, one dominated by worries about a weakening economy.

New York has announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase over what state officials called significant failures in the cryptocurrency trading platform’s systems for spotting potential criminal activity.

Wall Street closed sharply higher, capping another strong week with gains led by Apple and other companies that made even bigger profits during the summer than expected.

Stocks closed broadly lower Wall Street and the Dow Jones Industrial Average became the last of the major U.S. indexes to fall into what’s known as a bear market.

Shares are mixed in Asia after a muddled day on Wall Street, where benchmarks meandered following an encouraging report about inflation.

Robinhood Markets is cutting about 23% of its workforce because fewer users are trading on its app amid the tumult hammering stock and cryptocurrency markets.

Asian shares are mostly higher following a broad rally on Wall Street, but Hong Kong's benchmark sank more than 2%.

Coinbase Global says it plans to cut about 1,100 jobs, or approximately 18% of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring in order to help manage its operating expenses in response to current market conditions.

Following a pressure campaign from outsiders, more companies are disclosing the racial breakdowns of their boards of directors.

After years of screaming higher, almost regardless of what the economy was doing, tech-oriented stocks are tanking and dragging down the rest of Wall Street.

Asian shares mostly have retreated, echoing a broad decline on Wall Street and driven by worries about how the war in Ukraine may push prices for oil and other commodities higher.

Stocks slumped on Wall Street Friday, leaving the S&P 500 with its biggest one-day loss in almost seven weeks, as worries deepen about a surge in interest rates and the U.S. central bank's efforts to fight inflation.

Stocks wound up mostly higher on Wall Street Friday after another day of bouncing around as traders try to figure out what's next for the economy.

The day started with war spreading across Ukraine, Wall Street running for the hills, and yet somehow, during the day, the bulls rampage, and by the end of the day, the market stormed back.

Growth keeps slowing for Robinhood Markets, the upstart company that upended the brokerage industry, and its stock keeps falling.

Asian shares have fallen in cautious trading after stocks on Wall Street sank to a new low for the year.

Stocks ended lower on Wall Street Friday and Treasury yields rose as investors anticipated the Federal Reserve will stay on course to raise interest rates as soon as March.

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, marking their third losing week in the last four.

Stocks closed mostly lower on Wall Street Friday, though gains for several tech companies pushed the Nasdaq composite to another record high and its first close over 16,000 points.

Popular investing app Robinhood said Monday that it suffered a security breach last week where hackers accessed some personal information for roughly 7 million users and demanded a ransom payment.

Asian shares are rising, boosted by the U.S. Federal Reserve's announcement on winding down the extraordinary aid for the economy it has been providing since early in the pandemic.

Asian shares are slipping, despite recent signs of optimism about the global economy, including recent rallies on Wall Street.

The meteoric growth of Robinhood Markets is coming back to earth, much like its stock price.

Asian shares have fallen sharply after a broad slide on Wall Street as investors reacted to a surge in U.S. government bond yields.

A U_S_ government committee that reviews foreign investment in telecom is probing videoconferencing company Zoom’s $14_7 billion deal for cloud call center company Five9 for national security risks due to “foreign participation.”.

Asian stocks are slipping following a charge on Wall Street which drove indices to all-time highs for the second straight day.

Robinhood, the trading app that’s brought millions of new investors to the stock market, is buying a company that helps people communicate with the businesses whose shares they buy.

Treasury yields powered higher Friday and two major stock indexes notched more record highs after a report showed the U.S. job market is making widespread improvements.

Shares of Robinhood are down more than 10% before the market open on Thursday as the company disclosed in a regulatory filing that it plans a stock offering of up to nearly 98 million shares.

Robinhood’s stock is flying again on Wednesday, jumping so much that its trading was temporarily halted three times in the first half hour of trading.

Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a lawsuit alleging allegations its videoconferencing service’s weak privacy controls opened too many peepholes into its users’ personal information and made it too easy to disrupt their meetings during the early stages of the pandemic.

Asian shares and U.S. futures are lower after stocks pushed broadly higher on Wall Street.

Videoconferencing service Zoom is buying the cloud call center company Five9 in an all-stock deal valued at about $14.7 billion.

Zoom is still booming, raising prospects that the video conferencing service will be able to sustain its pandemic-fueled momentum.

Stocks closed higher for the second day in a row but still ended with a weekly loss after three sizable drops earlier in the week.

Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street following three days of losses and the biggest one-day drop in the S&P 500 since February.

Shares have dropped in Asia after selling of several Big Tech companies pulled U.S. benchmarks lower.

Asian stock markets are lower after Wall Street hit a new record as investors looked ahead to this week's U.S. Federal Reserve meeting for reassurance interest rates will be kept ultra-low.

Stocks are closing higher Friday, reversing their week-long rut.

Asian shares are higher after a broad advance on Wall Street.

Stocks continued to march higher on Wall Street Friday, giving the S&P 500 its latest record high and its fourth straight weekly gain.

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street retreated from a record high as major banks announced strong profits.

Asian stock markets have risen after Wall Street hit a record high following an uptick in U.S. inflation and a order by regulators to suspend use of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine.

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, a sign for Wall Street is carved in the side of a building. Banks and energy stocks are leading major U.S. indexes mostly lower in the early going on Wall Street, while gains for some Big Tech companies like Microsoft nudged the Nasdaq slightly higher. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)BEIJING – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday after European governments extended anti-coronavirus lockdowns, clouding the outlook for economic recovery. Overnight, Wall Street gave up most of the previous day's gains as technology, industrial and bank stocks fell. On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 fell 0.8% on Tuesday to 3,910.52.

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Friday after rising U.S. bond yields pulled stocks lower, dampening enthusiasm driven by the Federal Reserve's promise of low interest rates. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)BEIJING – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Friday after rising U.S. bond yields dampened buying enthusiasm driven by the Federal Reserve's promise of low interest rates. Overnight, Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index closed down 1.5%, putting it on track for its first weekly loss in three weeks. The S&P 500 fell to 3,915.46. Bank stocks did well because investors bet higher interest rates would translate into higher profits.

Shares are opening mostly lower on Wall Street, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, as investors cautiously await the U.S. central banks latest assessment on the economy. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)TOKYO – Stocks closed higher Wednesday, reversing an early slide after the Federal Reserve reassured Wall Street that it expects to keep its key interest rate near zero through 2023. Wall Street has been anxious about the potential for higher inflation to drive up bond yields further and has been looking for signs that the central bank shares its concerns. After Powell spoke stocks gradually pivoted higher and bond yields fell. AdAt least some Fed officials appear to be closer to tightening up the central bank’s ultra-low-rate policies.

Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as another sharp rise in bond yields unsettled investors. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)BANGKOK – A late-afternoon burst of buying helped nudge several U.S. stock indexes to all-time highs Friday, despite a pullback in Big Tech companies as bond yields headed higher. The bond market was the dominant force in pulling tech stocks mostly downward, because as yields push interest rates higher, they make high-flying stocks look expensive. Investors had sold off stocks late last week after that yield crossed above the 1.60% mark. But as the pandemic eases this year, and bond yields rise, more expensive stocks such as these have struggled.

Stocks were mixed in Asia on Friday after broad gains lifted several major indexes to all-time highs on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)Stocks were mixed in Asia on Friday after broad gains lifted several major indexes to all-time highs on Wall Street. Tokyo’s benchmark rose 1% while Chinese indexes slipped as investors cashed in on recent surges in share prices. Traders also bid up shares in smaller stocks, pushing the Russell 2000 index up 2.3% to 2,338.54. AdThe stimulus coupled with ultra-low interest rates are expected to help charge growth as industries bounce back from pandemic downturns, analysts say.

Shares rose in Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong but edged lower in Sydney. On Wall Street, energy and financial stocks rose while Big Tech shares declined. The S&P 500 added 0.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high, though tech stocks pulled the Nasdaq slightly lower. But core inflation, excluding food and energy, posted a much smaller 0.1% gain, easing fears that the inflation might surge as the economy recovers from the pandemic. The fall in bond prices, which are inversely related to yields, attracted investors reluctant to pay high prices for stocks, especially tech stocks that looked most expensive.

(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)TOKYO – Asian stock prices followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday following a rally for major tech companies. Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index closed up 1.4%, led by gains for Apple, Amazon and other tech majors. A reversal in bond market trends at least temporarily sent investors back to companies they hope will thrive after the coronavirus pandemic ends. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is weighted less toward tech, rose 0.1% to 31,832.74. The fall in bond prices drew investors who didn't want to pay high prices for stocks, especially tech stocks that looked most expensive.

Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses on Wall Street Friday as rising technology stocks offset a slide in banks and energy companies. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)BANGKOK – A choppy day on Wall Street ended with stocks mostly lower Friday, helping push the S&P 500 to its second straight weekly loss. Investors continued to watch the bond market, where Treasury yields eased lower, as well as Washington, where Congress is expected to vote on President Joe Biden's stimulus package. Rising yields can make stocks look less attractive relative to bonds, which is why every tick up in yields has corresponded with a tick down in stock prices. Technology stocks have been impacted more than the broader market by the rise in bond yields.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq shed 3.5% on Thursday while the S&P 500 dropped 2.4%, led lower by heavy selling in technology and communications companies. That move raised the alarm on Wall Street that yields, and the interest rates they influence, will move higher from here. The Shanghai Composite index lost 1.5% to 3,530.08. AdThe S&P 500 index fell 96.09 points to 3,829.34. The Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks lost 84.21 points, or 3.7%, to 2,200.17.

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday despite a sell-off in technology companies on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)TOKYO – Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday despite a sell-off of shares in technology companies on Wall Street. Although the world's economies have been battered by the coronavirus pandemic, the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines is raising hopes for a recovery from the pandemic. “Equity investors are finally paying attention to the bond market,” said Mike Zigmont, director of trading and research at Harvest Volatility Management. In energy trading, U.S. benchmark crude rose 76 cents to $62.46 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

(AP Photo/John Minchillo)BANGKOK – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Friday after disappointing U.S. jobs and economic data. Overnight, Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.4% for its third straight daily decline. AdThe Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.9% to 3,641.63 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo sank 1% to 29,947.42. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell to 3,913.97. Congress is conducting a hearing on the recent volatility of companies caught in a tug-of-war between Wall Street institutional investors betting against the companies and the online retail investors who pushed shares higher.

The S&P 500 rose 0.5% after spending most of the day wavering between small gains and losses. The S&P 500 rose 18.45 points to 3,934.83, while the Dow gained 27.70 points, or 0.1% to 31,458.40. Despite a week of mostly minor gains and losses for the broader market, the S&P 500 notched its second straight weekly gain. Roughly 75% of companies in the S&P 500 have released results, showing overall growth of 2.8%, according to FactSet. Genetic analytics company Illumina jumped 11.9% for the biggest gains in the S&P 500 following its encouraging earnings report.

AdAlthough another day of choppy trading on Wall Street left the major U.S. stock indexes nearly flat Thursday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite still hit all-time highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% to 3,916.38. Wall Street is still digesting solid corporate earnings and signs of a decline in new virus cases. The index is up 15.7% so far this year, while the S&P 500 is up 4.3%. Molson Coors fell 9.1% for the biggest decline in the S&P 500 after its profits fell short of expectations because business shutdowns in Europe hurt sales.

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders work on the floor, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Stocks were slightly lower in early trading on Tuesday, after the major stock market indexes hit record highs the day before. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)BEIJING – Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after Wall Street broke a six-day winning streak. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.7% to 3,629.54 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo advanced just under 0.1% to 29,531.48. The Nasdaq rose 0.1% to 14,007.70.

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2020, file photo, an employee tolls the closing bell during a ceremony of the last trading day at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo. Major Asian bourses were closed for the New Year's holidays Thursday, Dec. 31, while the handful that remained open was mixed. (JPX via AP)Major Asian bourses were closed for the New Year's holidays Thursday while the handful that remained open was mixed. Trading was closed in Tokyo and South Korea. The Tokyo exchange marked the end of trading for the year Wednesday, with the Nikkei falling 0.5%, and trading will not reopen until Monday next week.

Asian shares are higher Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 on hopes the U.S. Congress may finally deliver fresh aid to help businesses and families weather the pandemic. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday, buoyed by hopes the U.S. Congress may finally deliver fresh aid to help American businesses and families weather the pandemic. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai but fell in South Korea. Congressional leaders appeared late Wednesday to be on the brink of a COVID-19 economic aid package that would extend help to individuals and businesses and ship coronavirus vaccines to millions. Negotiators were working on a $900 billion package that would revive subsidies for businesses hit hard by the pandemic, help distribute new vaccines, fund schools and renew soon-to-expire jobless benefits.

A man wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Stocks were mostly lower Thursday in Asia after weakness in technology companies shares led an overnight decline on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Stocks were mostly lower Thursday in Asia after weakness in technology companies’ shares led an overnight decline on Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney but edged higher in Shanghai. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slipped 0.5% to 26,364.51 and the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo gave up 0.3% to 26,735.63.

Asian shares logged strong gains on Wednesday after another round of record highs for major indexes on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)BEIJING – Asian shares logged strong gains on Wednesday after another round of record highs for major indexes on Wall Street. Shanghai edged lower after China reported that its consumer price index slipped 0.5% in November compared with a year earlier. It noted that core consumer price inflation, excluding volatile food and energy prices, was steady at 0.5% from a year earlier. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 1% to 26,743.52, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 1.2% to 26,609.17.

DETROIT – The Nasdaq stock exchange is seeking U.S. authority to require more diversity in the boardrooms of Nasdaq-listed companies, or for those companies to explain why they can not. The proposal filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, if approved, would require all companies listed on the exchange to publicly disclose consistent, transparent diversity statistics about their board of directors. It would require most Nasdaq-listed companies to have, or explain why they don’t have, at least two diverse directors. This includes having one board member who self-identifies as female and one who self-identifies as either an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ. Foreign companies and smaller reporting companies would have additional flexibility.

The Nasdaq stock exchange is seeking U.S. authority to require more diversity in the boardrooms of Nasdaq-listed companies, or for those companies to explain why they can not. According to the 2018 Board Diversity Census from the Alliance for Board Diversity and the consulting firm Deloitte, women held just 22% of Fortune 500 seats in 2018, compared to 20% a year earlier and 16 percent in 2010. Nasdaq said the proposal's goal is to give stakeholders a better understanding of a company's current board composition and to bolster investor confidence that all listed companies are considering diversity when the look for new board members. Companies listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and Nasdaq Global Market will be expected to have two diverse directors within four years of listing rule approval. Companies listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market will be expected to have two diverse directors within five years of the SEC’s approval.

(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)BEIJING – The S&P 500 rose to a record high Friday as investors continue to look forward to the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine and relief for the global economy. The benchmark index rose 8.70 points, or 0.2%, led by gains in technology companies, and closed at an all-time high of 3,638.35. The Nasdaq also closed at a record helped by gains in Apple, Tesla, Zoom and other tech companies. AstraZeneca shares were flat. European markets rose.

Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose amid protracted vote-counting following this week's U.S. elections. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose amid protracted vote-counting following this week's U.S. elections. On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 index closed 1.9% higher. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose to 3,510.45. They’re also the five biggest stocks in the S&P 500 by market value.

The benchmark index had gained 3.5% before the market lost some of its momentum toward the end of the day. The Shanghai Composite index rose 0.6% to 3,297.34. But after a tumultuous overnight session in global markets where Trump prematurely declared victory, markets acted as if the occupant of the White House might be secondary. It may take days for a winner of the White House to emerge, and professional investors say they’re bracing for sharp market swings in the meantime. Stocks tend to rise regardless of which party controls the White House.

Asian shares advanced Friday, cheered by a modest rally on Wall Street and rising hopes for fresh stimulus for the U.S. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)Asian shares advanced Friday, cheered by a modest rally on Wall Street and rising hopes for fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy. Despite signs of a global economic rebound in the third quarter, worries remain the upturn may be running out of steam. House Democrats said they are paring back their proposal for a new stimulus package in an attempt to jump-start negotiations with the Trump administration. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose 0.3% to 3,246.59 after swinging between a loss of 0.9% and a gain of 1.3%.

FILE - This April 18, 2019, file photo shows a sign for Zoom Video Communications ahead of the company's Nasdaq IPO in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)NEW YORK Zoom is experiencing partial outages during the first day of school for thousands of students who are relying on the video conferencing technology to connect with educators. Grade schools, high schools and universities are relying on Zoom and competing technologies like Microsoft Teams to reduce the chance of infection during the pandemic. Zoom Video Communications became a familiar tool to millions of new users after the spread of COVID-19 made face-to-face meetings risky. It suffered some growing pains during the early months of the pandemic, such as zoombombers " who crashed meetings, but successfully went public in April.

Asian stock markets rose Monday after Wall Street hit a new high despite lingering unease about a possible second wave of coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)BEIJING Wall Street is following overseas markets higher, adding to four straight weeks of gains for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. European markets were broadly higher and markets closed higher in Asia. On Wall Street, futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.6%. Stocks have powered higher despite signs economic growth in the United States and Europe might be weakening.

Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday, with Australias benchmark down more than 1% on reports of a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the Melbourne area. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)MITO Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday, as governments in the region reported surging numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases. Shares rose in Taiwan, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta but fell in Singapore and Bangkok. On Wall Street, shares edged higher overnight despite a late stumble that nearly wiped out the markets gains for the day. Treasury yields were mostly lower and the price of gold rose 1.5%, signs of continuing caution in the market.

A man wearing a face mask walks past a bank electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday after the Nasdaq hit a record high. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)TOKYO Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday after the Nasdaq composite touched a fresh record as enthusiasm about reopening the economy pushed Wall Street still higher. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 2.4% to 6,144.90, tracking Wall Street's recent gains. Brent crude oil rose 34 cents to $41.14 a barrel.

Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street as hopes continued to grow that the U.S. and China were moving closer to a deal on trade. Market focus this week will still lies on the U.S.-China trade talk, and updates in Hong Kong. On Wall Street, health care and technology stocks powered most of the broad rally, which helped drive the S&P 500 to its sixth straight weekly gain. Hopes that the U.S. and China can make progress in their latest push for a trade deal have also helped keep investors in a buying mood. The S&P, Dow and Nasdaq are now all up by more than 20% for the year.

Asian shares are mixed Monday in a cautious mode after Wall Street closed out the week with milestones as the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 28,000 for the first time and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs. On Wall Street, health care and technology stocks powered most of the broad rally, which helped drive the S&P 500 to its sixth straight weekly gain. The S&P 500 index rose 23.83 points, or 0.8%, to 3,120.46. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 222.93 points, or 0.8%, to 28,004.89. The S&P, Dow and Nasdaq are now all up by more than 20% for the year.

Stocks moved higher in early trading on Wall Street and headed for records on Friday after U.S. officials said they were making progress in the latest push for a trade agreement with China. Investors hope the worlds two biggest economies can make a deal before new and more damaging tariffs take effect next month. The latest signs of progress in trade talks put investors in a buying mood. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index rose 0.3% as of 10 a.m. Eastern time. The Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks rose 0.4%.

NEW YORK, NY U.S. stocks fell in early trading Friday as investors grew more uncertain about prospects for a trade deal between the U.S. and China. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index fell 0.1% as of 10:16 a.m. Eastern time. WEEK OF RECORDS: The S&P 500 had another solid week of record-setting days. The Dow also had a solid week and reached a record of 27,674.80 on Thursday. ROARING MOUSE: Walt Disney rose 4.4% after handily beating Wall Street's fiscal fourth-quarter profit forecasts on surging revenue because of films including "The Lion King" and "Toy Story 4".

The S&P 500 is heading for its second record-setting day this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq are on pace for their third day of record highs. The sector is prone to swings in trade relations as many of those companies rely on China for sales and supply chains. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index rose 0.6% as of 10 a.m. Eastern time. More than 85% of companies within the S&P 500 have reported so far.

NEW YORK, NY U.S. stocks wobbled between small gains and losses in early trading Tuesday as investors paused following several record-setting rallies. The Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were also trading near the record highs they set on Monday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks rose 0.4%. INTEREST RATES: The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates low after making its third cut this year. Analysts are already looking ahead to 2020 and are forecasting solid growth.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was on pace to beat its record high close set in July. The S&P 500 index is aiming for its fourth record high in less than two weeks and the Nasdaq was also set to beat the record it set on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 139 points, or 0.5%, to 27,486 and on track to beat its record high set on July 15. The Nasdaq rose 0.6% and was also on track to beat its latest record set on Friday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks rose 0.5%.