Dow trades stable close to 52,000; Alphabet change stirs talk on price weighting
Dow finishes the morning close to unchanged in Friday trading, as the index’s price-weighted math drew fresh attention. U.S. stocks are open for the regular NYSE session from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. NYSE’s 2026 holiday calendar does not include a closure for June 26. Dow eked out a 13.89 point gain to 51,934.51 as of 10:35 a.m. EDT, up 0.03%. The index swung from 51,614.74 to 52,030.50 earlier. S&P 500 stayed flat and Nasdaq slipped 0.16%, WSJ market data showed.