How major US stock indexes fared Friday 5/1/2026

The U.S. stock market is rising toward more records after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 40 points, and the Nasdaq composite added 1% to its own record. The Nasdaq composite rose 222.13 points, or 0.9%, to 25,114.44.