The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes held steady Friday as Wall Street digested weaker-than-expected retail sales ahead of consumer confidence data. Meanwhile, Applied Materials (AMAT) and Reddit (RDDT) were big stock market drivers today. Just after Friday’s open, the Dow industrials fell less than 0.1%, while the S&P 500 rose marginally. The tech-heavy… Copyright ©2026 Investor’s Business Daily, LLC. All rights reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
