The Latest Breaking News from Dow

U.S. stocks settled higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones index closed at a fresh record level during the session. Major indices on the Wall Street recorded gains last week, with the Dow gaining around 2% and the SP 500 adding around 1.7%.

U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining by more than 300 points on Monday.

The Dow Jones lagged as investors await Nvidia earnings on the stock market today. Palo Alto Networks and Snowflake also are due to report Wednesday.

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Futures rose even as Target dived on a big miss. Nvidia earnings loom after the AI giant and other leaders flashed buy signals Tuesday.

Dow retail giant topped expectations and boosted guidance, amid an avalanche of retailers on this week's earnings calendar.

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are down -0.14%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ24) are up +0.12% this morning as market participants looked ahead to an earnings report from semiconductor stalwart Nvidia, a new batch of U.S. economic data, and comments from Federal Reserve officials.

Although Dow has underperformed the broader market over the past year, analysts remain cautiously optimistic about its future prospects.

Futures are mixed as Tesla stock soared on a report that team Trump wants federal self-driving rules. Nvidia earnings loom large.