U.S. stocks finished higher Friday, with the S&P 500 scoring a fifth straight record closing peak. All three major U.S. equities benchmarks saw weekly gains.

The Dow Jones index rose after surprise economic data. Tesla stock rallied on new plans to launch its robotaxi service.

Stocks like Sun Pharma, eClerx Services, Indian Energy Exchange, Anant Raj, REC, Aether Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Torrent Power, Enviro Infra Engineers, GR Infraprojects, and Adani Enterprises will be in focus on July 25.

Friday marked another winning day for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, as both indexes posted fresh all-time intraday and closing highs.

Meanwhile, The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.4% with UnitedHealth Group UNH slumping 4% on the stock market today on word of a government investigation. Besides UnitedHealth, IBM IBM, Honeywell HON, DowDOW joined the losers' circle with sizable losses. Dow plunged 19% on earnings.

This article will be updated throughout the day, so check back often for more daily updates. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) is looking like it wants to hit a new all-time high today as shares rise 0.

Nifty, Sensex opened flat on Thursday, after the Gift Nifty had indicated a positive start of the trading session.

The S&P 500 eked out a record-high close on Tuesday, following steep losses in General Motors and a gain in Tesla as investors focused on recent and upcoming quarterly reports and watched for signs of progress in U.

The S&P 500 closed at a record on Friday, as the index marked the first time since November 2021 that it hit closing highs every day in a week. The market benchmark rose 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.

Sensex and Nifty opened on a negative note on Friday after Gift Nifty hinted a gap-down start of the stock market today.