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S&P 500 Nabs Record Close; Dow Snaps Losing Streak

By Emma Duncan | September 04, 2025, 4:27 PM

Stocks finished higher as Wall Street hoped a dismal ADP private payrolls report and hotter-than-expected weekly jobless data would encourage the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates in September. The ISM services purchasing managers index (PMI) reading of 52 for August was also in focus, coming in above estimates of 50.8. The Dow snapped a three-day losing streak, the Nasdaq logged another triple-digit gain, and the S&P 500 nabbed a fresh record close, with attention now shifting to the nonfarm payrolls report due out tomorrow.

Continue reading for more on today's market, including: 

  • Similarities between fantasy football and options trading.
  • Cloud security name pummeled despite earnings beat.
  • Plus, retailer's best day ever; bull note boosts Chili's parent; and tech stocks to watch.
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5 Things to Know Today

  1. The Trump administration is being sued by Washington, D.C., after the White House deployed the National Guard into the city. (CNBC)
  2. Tensions between top American universities and the Federal government over funding continue, as Northwestern University President Michael Schill resigns. (Bloomberg)
  3. How this retail stock scored its best day ever.
  4. Chili's parent lands fresh analyst bull note.
  5. 3 tech stocks shifting after earnings.
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Oil Gaps Lower as Inventories Rise

Oil tumbled to a two-week low after a surprise rise in U.S. inventories last week, and ahead of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies' (OPEC+) output meeting. October-dated West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 57 cents, or 0.9%, to $63.40 a barrel.

Profit taking and Fed interest rate talks pushed gold prices lower for Thursday's session. U.S. gold futures pulled back 0.6% to settle at $3,613.60 per ounce.

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