At least eight of the 30 Dow Jones components rose three points or more. They included Visa V, Goldman Sachs GS and American Express AXP. Paint giant Sherwin-Williams SHW ramped up more than four points, nearly 2%, following the Federal Reserve's decision to trim interest rates.

Major stock indexes fell Friday as technology shares remained under pressure on AI bubble fears. The tech-heavy Nasdaq sank, and the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average pulled back from records.

More drops for superstars caught up in Wall Street’s artificial-intelligence frenzy knocked the U.S. stock market off its record highs.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average got a boost to intraday record territory Thursday as investors piled into stocks that could benefit from an expanding economy. The Dow was up 0.9%, near 48,474, at last check,

Friday wasn’t a great day on Wall Street, but maybe not too surprising, since it’s a retreat from Thursday’s all-time highs. Three major indexes closed at record peaks: the Dow, S&P 500 and the Russell 2000, which tracks small- and mid-sized companies. For the S&P, it was record-high number 37 this year.

The Dow is often associated with slower-growth blue chip stocks like Verizon Communications and Caterpillar, but it also houses plenty of higher-growth tech stocks. Let's take a look at three of them -- Nvidia ( NVDA 0.57%), Microsoft ( MSFT 0.16%), and Amazon ( AMZN +0.45%) -- and see why these Dow components could soar higher in 2026 and beyond.

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Dow Inc. (NYSE:DOW) is included among the 15 Dividend Stocks Paying 4%+ Yield in 2025. On November 19, Citi reduced the firm’s price target on Dow Inc. (NYSE:DOW) to $23 from $25 and maintained a Neutral rating on the shares.