The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.9%.

Eastern time, the benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.6% higher.

While tariffs are a tangible worry for investors, something far more nefarious (and important) can weigh on the stock market.

Stocks are off to a sluggish start on Wall Street, while Delta Air Lines led a rally in airline stocks after releasing a solid outlook for the rest of 2025

Stocks moved lower in early trading Friday as investors digested the latest threats from President Donald Trump to impose hefty tariffs on U.S. trading partners.

Volatility tends to be driven by investor uncertainty and emotions. Though there's clear uncertainty at the moment concerning the prevailing rate of inflation and how rising prices might adversely impact stocks moving forward, a strong argument can be made that there's a much bigger threat to Wall Street than inflation.

Wall Street looked to keep momentum from a tech-fueled rally that saw Nvidia leap to become the world's first $4 trillion public company.

The Dow Jones chalked in a gain on Thursday, clawing back the early week’s losses and putting the major equity index back on the high side heading into the tail end of the trading week. The Dow is still holding steady near the 44,700 level, with bullish momentum poised to take another fresh crack at all-time highs just north of 45,000.