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The blue-chip index was up just 11 points, or essentially flat, in Friday trading, compared to a 1.3% gain for the Nasdaq. The Dow only includes 30 stocks, has a higher weighting toward financials and industrials and a lower weighting toward tech, and only weighs individual members by stock price rather than market cap. Case in point: The iShares Semiconductor ETF is up 3.9% and the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF is up 1.1%.

For a second day in a row, the Dow crossed 50,000 but couldn’t close it out. The blue-chip index was down 313 points, or 0.6%. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%. The Nasdaq fell 0.1%. The S&P and Nasdaq pulled back from record closing highs from Wednesday.

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For the first time in weeks, headlines out of the Middle East are driving the stock market. The Dow dropped 530 points, or 1.1%. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%. The Nasdaq slipped 0.4%. The S&P and Nasdaq are pulling back from closing highs on Friday, while the Dow has yet to recover to its highs from earlier in the year.

Earnings for State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR members are expected to be up 43% this year from last and rise another 24% in 2027.

The stock market was gaining steam as a chip stock rally overcame some Mag 7 woes. The Nasdaq was up 0.9%. The S&P 500 was up 1%. The Dow was up 822 points, or 1.7%. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF was still down 1%, but the iShares Semiconductor ETF surged 2.

The S&P rose 0.1% to top last week’s record close. The Nasdaq, which also ended the past week at a record, rose 0.2%. With five of the Magnificent Seven stocks set to report results later in the week, Wall Street was adding exposure to those stocks and not much else.

The S&P 500 was rising with a wave of Magnificent Seven stocks set to report results this week. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF was up 0.9% on a day when the S&P 500 was up 0.1%. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF, which weighs every S&P 500 stock the same, was flat.