U.S. stocks are slipping Friday after a discouraging report suggested U.S. consumers are bracing for higher inflation, while a separate update gave a mixed picture of the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 was 0.

Calm returned to Wall Street, and tech stocks led U.S. indexes higher after a strong profit report from Palantir Technologies, which is benefiting from the AI boom.

Wall Street drifted higher Wednesday as gains for most stocks outweighed drops for Alphabet and some other big-name companies following their latest profit reports.

Wall Street shifted lower in early trading Wednesday as markets took in more corporate earnings reports while considering the impact of tariffs being imposed by the United States and China. Futures for the S&P 500 were off 0.

Stocks on Wall Street edged higher Wednesday as the focus swings back toward how much profit businesses are making. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The