Weekly Market Recap - Friday, 08-May

Weekly Market Recap - Friday, 08-May

From FactSet Evening Market Recap by Factset

May 8, 2026 · 5 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the weekly market recap highlighting gains in US equities and key economic data.

US equities were higher this week as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both capped off a sixth-straight weekly gain and ended at fresh record highs. The Iran war remains the key focal point. AI was the other big story of the week. Data this week was headlined by Friday's April nonfarm payrolls report, which came in ahead at 115K.

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Host: Factset

Topics covered

  • US equities
  • market recap
  • S&P 500
  • Nasdaq
  • Iran war
  • AI
  • nonfarm payrolls

Keywords

  • US equities
  • S&P 500
  • Nasdaq
  • Iran war
  • AI
  • nonfarm payrolls
  • weekly gain

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Products: S&P 500, Nasdaq

Places: US

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