The Dow Leads Market Indexes Higher as Microsoft Adds 120 Points

Key Points The Dow rose 0.8% while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.5% and the S&P 500 0.4%. Microsoft jumped 4.1% and contributed 120 Dow points after repositioning Copilot as a pure enterprise product. Oil dropped after Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days. 10 stocks we like better than Dow Jones Industrial Average › Stocks rose Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) leading. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) decided it doesn't want to build your personal AI assistant after all, and investors loved it. Meta (NASDAQ: META) absolutely wants to build your personal AI assistant, and the Muse maker had a worse morning. The Dow rose 0.8% as of 12:49 p.m. ET. The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) gained 0.