Dow briefly hits record high on UnitedHealth boost
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US stocks were mixed on Friday. The Dow closed higher by 35 points, or 0.08%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 fell 0.29% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.4%.
The market is closed for the week. Let's just call it one strange week. President Donald Trump just landed in Alaska, where he's expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Long-foreshadowed,
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time intraday high on Friday, making it the last of the three major U.S. indexes to clinch a record in Wall Street's rally fueled by the prospect of a looser monetary policy,
U.S. stocks finished mostly lower on Friday, as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slipped at the end of what was otherwise a strong week on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished higher, but missed what would have been its first record close of 2025.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on pace to close at an all-time high on Friday, as investors pile into US equities on the back of strong corporate earnings and ebbing trade and geopolitical fears.
(Reuters) -The blue-chip Dow was on track to open at a record high on Friday, underpinned by expectations of an interest rate cut in September and gains in UnitedHealth's shares after Berkshire Hathaway raised its stake in the health insurer.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened at its highest levels on record on Friday after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a stake in one of its key stocks. The Dow was up 263 points, or 0.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) both closed at fresh record highs on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) added 463 points. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre recaps the action at the close while Barron's associate editor Al Root weighs in on the market moves.