Stock Market Today: U.S. Stocks Jump After Volatile Thursday for Nasdaq, S&P 500

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Happy Friday. This is TheStreet’s Stock Market Today for Nov. 21, 2025. You tin travel the latest updates connected the marketplace present successful our regular unrecorded blog.

The U.S. markets are present open. As expected, stocks are up, with the Dow (+0.42%) and Russell 2000 (+0.38%) starring the indexes out. The S&P 500 (+0.38%) and Nasdaq (+0.04%) besides rose, reflecting hopes of a turnaround adjacent to different week.

Not agelong aft the open, the S&P Global CompositeFlash and the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index released. The erstwhile came successful astatine 54.8 (vs. 54.6 successful October), portion the second came successful astatine 51 (vs. 53.6). Both were higher than expert expectations. Current expectations were the astir precarious, falling to 51.1 (from 58.6 past month).

Good morning. There's a small little than an hr near until the marketplace opens. Futures presently amusement the Russell 2000 (+0.77%) retired successful front, followed by the Dow (+0.56%), Nasdaq (+0.55%), and S&P 500 (+0.55%) successful a near-tie.

Stocks are rising aft a tepid Thursday, which saw stocks person 1 of their astir volatile days successful caller memory. The Nasdaq started the time connected an implicit 2% tare, portion the S&P 500 was up much than 1% retired of the gate. But by midday, each of the indexes had turned over.

There's anticipation that contiguous volition beryllium different; that contiguous volition crook astir a week that should've been positive: Nvidia's beardown earnings, Alphabet's caller industry-leading Gemini 3 Pro AI model, and a coagulated September jobs study were reasons capable to celebrate. However, determination are inactive signs of interest successful the market. Japan's SoftBank fell implicit 10% successful overseas trading, reflecting concerns astir AI are by nary means a domestic-only festivity.

Here are today's stories to watch:

There aren't galore net near this season. Nasdaq has america down for 14 reports, each this morning. Among the firms with astatine slightest a $1 cardinal marketplace headdress volition beryllium BJ's Wholesale Club, BitMine Immersion Technologies, IES Holdings, MINISO Group Holding, Moog Inc., and Azenta, Inc. Here are the specifics:

This morning, immoderate of those net supra are already making headway among the premarket movers. Here are the shortlist of firms making the biggest moves earlier the marketplace open, per information from MarketWatch: