Stock Market Update
29-Aug-25 14:30 ET
S&P 500 slips 0.7% as EMN rallies on insider buys; VST lags on tech/AI pullback
Dow -128.61
at 45508.29,
Nasdaq -263.74
at 21440.03,
S&P -45.89
at 6455.97
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-0.71%) is in second place on Friday afternoon, down about 45 points.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents J.M. Smucker (SJM 110.16, +3.44, +3.22%), Edison (EIX 56.39, +1.67, +3.05%), Eastman Chemical (EMN 70.22, +2.04, +2.99%) pepper the top of the standings. EMN rallies after a cluster of insider purchases by top executives and directors, the first in at least five years, signaled management confidence at multi-year lows.
Meanwhile, Vistra Corp. (VST 188.18, -8.52, -4.33%) is one of the worst-performing stocks, underperforming amid pressure in tech/AI stocks which have served to boost power demand of late.
