Alphabet climbed more than 2% Wednesday, thus putting it ahead of Apple in market cap, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The Google parent now holds second place with $3.89 trillion in value, behind only Nvidia's $4.6 trillion. Apple now sits at $3.85 trillion.

Monday’s gains put the Dow in the lead among major U.S. equity benchmarks, with the index advancing 1.5% on the session. Among individual components, several key names contributed notably to the rally including shares of Chevron ( CVX) which have gained more than 5%.

U.S. stock indexes were mixed in Wednesday's final hour of trading, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average moving away from its all-time closing high and investors positioning around technology-driven names.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record all-time highs in 2025 with many of the components ending the year higher. Along with serving as a well-known barometer of overall market health, the index offers some of the top yielding blue-chip stocks.

The strong ISM Services PMI report provided additional support to stocks.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is off to a strong start in 2026. With the index trading higher today, it's currently on pace for its best three-day start to the year in over a decade. Right now, the Dow is up about 2.

The Dow industrials have notched their best start to a year in more than two decades. The blue-chip index rose 2.9% through the first three trading days of 2026. That's the most it has gained in that period in 23 years.

U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 250 points on Monday. Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded up 0.54% to 48,641.58 while the NASDAQ gained 0.65% to 23,386.57. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.63% to 6,901.52.

The 25,000 level underneath there offers support as well, and I think this remains a market that you’re looking at dips as potential value.

Indexes were mixed Wednesday as jobs data and Venezuelan oil figured prominently in market action. Among stocks, Mobileye MBLY jumped on deal news but then gave back those gains, while Intel INTC raced higher. And in earnings, Cal-Maine CALM slid in a downtrend on the stock market today after its second-quarter report.