Major stock indexes finished mostly lower Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 reversing course after setting fresh all-time highs.

In other news, defense stocks rallied on Thursday as President Donald Trump proposed a historic $1.5T defense budget for 2027. Companies Huntington Ingalls Industries ( HII) +5.2%, Lockheed Martin ( LMT) +3.4%, and L3Harris Technologies ( LHX) +5.1% were among the top performers of the sector.

Dow Jones and Polymarket said Wednesday that they signed an exclusive agreement under which Polymarket’s real-time prediction market data will be made available across Dow Jones’ US financial media properties. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

High-yielding Dow stocks outperformed the broader market this year. Will new Dow dogs Home Depot, Nike, and UnitedHealth keep the streak going?

Data from Polymarket on betting odds for economic, political, and cultural topics would be displayed in dedicated modules across Dow Jones’s online content platforms, which include the Journal, MarketWatch,

News Corp's Dow Jones said on Wednesday it had signed an exclusive deal with Polymarket to bring real-time prediction market data to its outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch.

Despite a more than 14% year-to-date gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average as of market close on Dec. 26, there are five Dow stocks that are down 10% or more in 2025: Home Depot ( HD 0.65%), Procter & Gamble ( PG 0.51%), Nike ( NKE +4.12%), Salesforce ( CRM 0.38%), and UnitedHealth Group ( UNH 0.62%).

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on the verge of another big milestone and could continue to climb as the rally broadens.