Major stock indexes finished mixed Thursday, with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rising but the tech-heavy Nasdaq pulled lower by data-storage shares.

The Dow Jones index closed at a record high on Tuesday. Palantir showed robust action and tested a moving average.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record all-time highs in 2025 with many of the components ending the year higher. Along with serving as a well-known barometer of overall market health, the index offers some of the top yielding blue-chip stocks.

Stocks advanced further Tuesday, a day after major equities indexes ended sharply higher following the weekend capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.

Nasdaq adds nearly 1%; economy added fewer jobs than forecast

The Dow Jones (DJIA) is up by over 1% on Friday as surging rate cut odds propelled by comments from Fed Bank of New York President John Williams helped the index recover. Williams, who is a very close confidant of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, said on Friday ...

Futures fell. Lockheed Martin and other defense giants jumped on Trump's proposed $1.5 trillion "Dream Military" budget.

In the final hour of trading on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was on pace to score its best week since November amid a strong start to 2026. The Dow was up 0.5% late afternoon Friday, putting it on track for a weekly gain of around 2.