US Stock Market Today finds Wall Street holding its breath as US-China trade talks stretch into a second London session. The Dow sits flat, the S&P 500 inches up 0.2 percent, and the Nasdaq gains 0.3 percent,

This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.

Stocks have been trading sideways all day, but the Dow, especially, has been stuck in a narrow range. The blue-chip index was recently up 17 points, moving in and out of positive territory. It has traded as low as 42,

Dow Jones gained some ground in quiet trading. Nike, which was up by 3.3%, was the best performer in the Dow Jones index today. The stock tested multi-week highs as traders bet that the company’s performance will recover from the blow dealt by trade wars.

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More specifically, the market witnessed two of the wildest moves in the benchmark S&P 500 during a one-week span. Between the closing bell on April 2 and April 4, the index suffered its fifth-worst two-day percentage decline in 75 years. This was followed by the largest nominal point gain for the S&P 500 since its inception on April 9.

Tesla stock rose around 5% in premarket trading Friday, suggesting the shares were set to claw back some of their heavy losses from the previous session. Tesla stock was up 4.3% at $296.99 ahead of the open,

You're not mistaken if it feels like a quiet day in the market as investors await word on U.S.-China trade talks and Wednesday's consumer-price index reading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 51 points,