Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Thursday to see if the Nasdaq and Dow can join the S&P 500 at record highs here as Walmart's earnings give a clue to the health of the U.S. consumer.

Microsoft was the strongest force pushing the S&P 500 upward. It rose 1.3% after saying it had developed what it calls the world’s first “quantum processing unit,” which cou

U.S. stock indexes are wavering on Wall Street Wednesday. The S&P 500 was mostly unchanged, a day after setting an all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 122 points, or 0.3%, as of 12:18 p.

Wall Street leaned toward small losses before markets opened Wednesday following another all-time high for the S&P 500. Futures for the S&P 500 inched back 0.1%, as did futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

U.S. stocks crept to a record as the S&P 500 nudged higher after a quiet Tuesday of trading. The main measure of Wall Street's health rose 0.2% to finish just above its all-time closing high set last month.

The S&P 500 flirts with a record as U.S. stock-market investors return from a three-day weekend, awaiting minutes from the Federal Reserve's January meeting and data due later this week.

The S&P 500 added to its record as U.S. stock indexes drifted through a quiet, mixed day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% on Wednesday after setting an