Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones rose Friday on key inflation data. Tech titans Google and Microsoft surged on earnings.
Microsoft and Google jumped on earnings late after the market rally attempt showed resilience Thursday amid Meta's sell-off.
Stocks closed lower on worries about a potentially toxic cocktail for financial markets, one where inflation remains stubbornly high but the economy’s growth flags. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1%, and the Nasdaq composite gave back 0.6%. The Nasdaq composite fell 100.99 points, or 0.6%, to 15,611.76.