Stocks were volatile on Friday as market participants sifted through an onslaught of headlines – including the Supreme Court's ruling that most of President Donald Trump's tariff policies are illegal. The price action stabilized in afternoon trading, though, with the three main indexes finishing the day in positive territory.
At the close, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.5% at 49,625, the broader S&P 500 was 0.7% higher at 6,909, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite had gained 0.9% to 22,886.
