Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Friday ahead of key inflation data. Tesla stock rallied on SpaceX news.

A day of dramatic swings on Wall Street, including the worst day for Microsoft in years, finished with only relatively modest moves.

Thursday, Dow reported a fourth-quarter per-share loss of 34 cents from sales of $9.5 billion. Wall Street was looking for a 46-cent loss from sales of $9.5 billion.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average missed out on a stock market rally Tuesday thanks in large part to one very influential component of the 30-stock index.

You can find big winners in a sleepy old index that many investors ignore these days. Amazon ( AMZN +0.20%), Disney ( DIS +0.51%), and Coca-Cola ( KO +0.41%) are three of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI +0.43%).

Dow is planning to cut approximately 4,500 jobs as the chemicals maker puts more emphasis on using artificial intelligence and automation in its business

US stocks mostly rose on Tuesday as tech hopes offset a growing list of political worries, with a slide in UnitedHealth (UNH) dragging on the Dow and Wall Street weighing a long-awaited India-EU trade deal.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index wavers Wednesday ahead of the Fed decisions and Powell's comments. Tesla earnings are due late.