Stock Market Update
08-May-26 15:30 ET
Akami Tech higher on Anthropic deal
Dow -40.29
at 49556.68,
Nasdaq +393.22
at 26199.41,
S&P +55.28
at 7392.39
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.8%) and Nasdaq Composite (+1.5) are well positioned to capture record closing highs to go along with their record intraday levels, while the DJIA (-0.1%) battles to close with a gain.
Bloomberg reports that Anthropic is the firm behind a $1.8 billion cloud computing deal with Akamai Tech (AKAM 148.43, +31.74, +27.20%) that sent the stock sharply higher after earnings today.
