Wall Street's "fear gauge," the CBOE Volatility Index, is on the rise. The VIX jumped 17% early Friday to above 21 after Israel launched an attack on Iran’s nuclear program and military leadership overnight.

U.S. stocks drifted higher following another encouraging update on inflation. The S&P 500 added 0.4% Thursday and is sitting less than 2% below its record.

The Treasury Department on Thursday will sell $22 billion worth of 30-year government bonds, in what will serve as a gauge of investors’ appetite for US debt. All eyes are on whether there is weak demand,

By Luciana Magalhaes, Lisandra Paraguassu and Ricardo Brito GUARUJA, Brazil -Brazilian meatpacker JBS begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, capping a stunning comeback by brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista less than a decade after they were jailed in a record-breaking corruption scandal and forced into the backseat of their global food empire.

Inflation dodged the tariff bullet again. The May Consumer Price Index rose +0.1% M/, less than the +0.2% consensus and the 0.2% increase in April.

Wall Street seems to agree with Brent Thill where Palantir is concerned. The median target price among 28 analysts is $110 per share, which implies 19% downside. But Jay Goldberg has the lone sell rating on Nvidia, and the median target price among 69 analysts is $175 per share, which implies 22% upside.

The U.S. stock market has rallied in recent weeks, recovering from a slump in April sparked by Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs. At 11:24 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 165.55 points, or 0.39%, to 43,032.42, the S&P 500 gained 16.18 points, or 0.27%, to 6,054.99 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 68.54 points, or 0.35%, to 19,783.53.

The co-CEO of Netflix, Greg Peters, believes Warner Bros. Discovery splitting into two is an indicator of a broader "shakeout" happening in the U.S. media landscape.

Bonds extend their rally after second batch of soft inflation data.

Elon Musk stepped back from his explosive feud with U_S_ President Donald Trump, writing on X that he regrets some of his posts about his onetime ally and that they went “too far.”

The high- and low-water price targets for Wall Street's artificial intelligence (AI) darling have ignored what's arguably the biggest potential catalyst.

Gold, silver and platinum prices have surged as investors pile into precious metals in search of places to hide from trade war uncertainty.