Stock Market Update
12-Sep-25 14:30 ET
S&P 500 edges higher as Kroger and Kenvue rise; Moderna slumps on vaccine report
Dow -186.82
at 45920.97,
Nasdaq +109.27
at 22152.34,
S&P +6.76
at 6594.23
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.10%) is in second place on Friday afternoon, up about 7 points.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents NRG Energy (NRG 163.62, +5.70, +3.61%), Kroger (KR 68.59, +1.36, +2.02%), and Kenvue (KVUE 19.24, +0.39, +2.10%) pepper the top of the standings. KR caught a bullish Guggenheim note this morning, and KVUE was the subject of a Reuters report suggesting the company had lobbied RFK Jr. to not draw conclusions between Tylenol and autism.
Meanwhile, Moderna (MRNA 23.35, -2.04, -8.03%) is today's top laggard as COVID vaccine stocks dip following a Washington Post report which suggested health officials from the Trump administration plan to link COVID vaccines to deaths of 25 children.
