U.S. stocks finished higher Friday, with the S&P 500 scoring a fifth straight record closing peak. All three major U.S. equities benchmarks saw weekly gains.

Meta, Amazon and Microsoft lead an earnings wave, along with a Fed meeting and Trump tariff talks. Tesla "robotaxis" are about to hit San Francisco, with a caveat.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Thursday as investors assessed tech earnings and monitored trade negotiations, while losses in shares of IBM, Honeywell and UnitedHealth weighed on the Dow.

The Dow feels pressure, weighed down by a steep fall for IBM, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq climb to another round of records and meme-stock mania resumes.

In the latest trading session, Dow Inc. (DOW) closed at $40.09, marking a +0.3% move from the previous day. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a gain of 1.1% for the day ...

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose on Thursday, as investors sifted through a patchwork of earnings from megacaps like Alphabet and Tesla, while the Dow was weighed down by losses in UnitedHealth and IBM.

U.S. stock futures moved slightly higher Friday, positioning Wall Street for a positive week driven by solid corporate earnings and optimism surrounding trade agreements ahead of the Trump administration’s August tariff deadline.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average achieved a new all-time high close of 37,557.92 on Dec. 19. Despite the impressive return, the Dow is still underperforming the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 ...