Major stock indexes surged Thursday after delayed Consumer Price Index data came in better than expected, with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average and benchmark S&P 500 poised to end four-session losing streaks.

S&P 500 futures are up gaining 0.3%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are up just 0.01%. Nasdaq 100 futures are climbing 0.6%. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 228 points, or 0.

Chevron, Merck, and Coca-Cola stand out as buys heading into 2026. Since the Dow Jones typically tracks large, mature companies, those companies generally pay a dividend. The only exceptions are Amazon, which has never paid one, and Boeing, which suspended its dividend in 2020.

Major stock indexes fell Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average on pace for a fourth consecutive decline, as AI bubble concerns resumed and investors digested tepid labor data.

U.S. stocks rose following an encouraging report on inflation that could help the Federal Reserve keep cutting interest rates next year.

US stocks fell as investors shifted away from AI stocks, with Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD taking significant hits amid financing concerns and broader market volatility. Insights into the AI profitability challenge and economic signals ahead.

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.