Stock Market Update
01-May-26 15:35 ET
Major averages mixed shortly before the close
Dow -38.49
at 49613.65,
Nasdaq +267.33
at 25159.64,
S&P +36.49
at 7245.50
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.6%), Nasdaq Composite (+1.1%), and DJIA (-0.1%) are little changed from previous values as the market enters the final half hour of the session.\
Sector strength remains tilted towards the downside, but the communication services sector (+0.1%) has poked above its flatline as Alphabet (GOOG 382.45, +0.51, +0.13%) now trades slightly higher.
Elsewhere in the sector, Paramount Skydance (PSKY 11.12, +0.88, +8.64%) trades sharply higher ahead of its earnings next week.
