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Sandisk surged 27.6% for the market's biggest gain. The stock's value has jumped more than 800% since spinning off from Western Digital last February. The gains have been driven by artificial intelligence and the resulting demand for data-storage hardware. Western Digital rose 16.8%.

Markets were mostly quiet on the first trading day of 2026, with the influential technology sector driving much of the up-and-down action. The mostly minor moves also cap off a tepid and holiday-shortened week. Markets were closed on Thursday for New Year’s day.

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U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, capping a choppy week of trading with the market’s third winning week in the last four and another milestone. The S&P 500 rose 0.8%, finishing just shy of the record it set last week. The benchmark index also wiped out ...

Futures are mainly trading higher as we start the first full week of trading in 2026. Investors and traders who were missing in action due to the Christmas and New Year’s holiday are returning to a stock market that,

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped in quiet trading on Wall Street Monday to kick off another holiday-shortened week.

Wall Street fell on the final day of trading for 2025, a banner year for markets that was driven by both optimism and uncertainty

Wall Street's main indexes extended their rally on Tuesday, with the Dow at a record high on a boost from healthcare and technology stocks, while investors positioned for the week's key jobs report to gauge the Federal Reserve's policy outlook.