US stock futures traded flat as Wall Street digested mixed messages from the Federal Reserve in the wake of its decision to hold interest rates steady.

Stocks on Wall Street shook off a weak start and closed slightly higher Friday, snapping a four-week losing streak. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1%. The index finished with a 0.5% gain for the week. It’s still down 4.8% so far this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.1% gain, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%.

Wall Street Slips and Heads for a Fifth Straight Weekly Loss NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading Friday and Wall Street is on track for its fifth straight weekly loss. The S&P 500 fell 0.9%.

Nasdaq remains in the red and is on track for its fifth straight losing week. Its longest stretch of weekly losses since May 2022. Trump, who has been quick to brush off the possibility of a recession in interviews, also brushed aside the stock market sell-off.

When a White House adviser in the first Trump administration told TV viewers to “Go buy Ivanka stuff," top government lawyers sprang into action, telling her she had violated ethics rules and warning her not to do it again.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed that there will never be a better time to buy Tesla stock, in what legal scholars say could be a Hatch Act violation.

I have like 17 jobs, at this point,” the DOGE, SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk said Thursday, adding he’s “stretched pretty thin.”

Elon Musk sought to reassure Tesla Inc. employees through what he referred to as “a little bit of stormy weather,” after the carmaker’s shares plunged more than 50% in just three months.

While Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) celebrated after Tesla’s stock tumbled, his constituents could see financial losses if Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company experiences a serious downturn. Walz told a crowd on Tuesday that he enjoyed checking to see how Tesla’s stock is doing because seeing the stock fall gives him “a little boost during the day.