US Stock Market Today: Wall Street Climbs in Black Friday Half‑Day as CME Outage Fades and Fed Cut Bets Grow
US stocks closed higher in a shortened Black Friday session, with the S&P 500 up 0.4%, Nasdaq 100 rising 0.5%, and Dow gaining 0.6%. A CME Group outage froze global futures trading before the open, but cash trading was unaffected. Trading volume was over 30% below average. The S&P 500 is set for its first monthly decline since April, down about 0.4% for November.