Wall Street rises, Dow hits record high as Middle East hopes lift sentiment

Wall Street rises, Dow hits record high as Middle East hopes lift sentiment

By Chibuike Oguh, Shashwat Chauhan and Medha Singh

Fri May 22, 2026  

All it took was the headline of Marco Rubio stating that there has been some peace talks progress so, in spite of there remaining vast differences on critical issues, the headline pushed everything straight up again, the Dow getting the bulk of the benefit while tech declined in the afternoon. 

A very strong Q1 season also helped boost the indexes. The S&P has had eight consecutive weekly gains, it’s longest streak in 2-1/2 years. It was also encouraging to see bond yields cooling. Volume at 17.33 billion still below the 18.54 average. 

DJ: 50,285.66  +276.31       NAS: 26,293.10  +22.74         S&P: 7,445.72  +12.75           5/21

DJ: 50,579.70  +294.04       NAS: 26,343.97  +50.87         S&P: 7,473.47  +27.75           5/22

Fri 5-22-26 6:03 pm Wall Street rises, Dow hits record high as Middle East hopes lift sentiment | Reuters