Stock market today: Nasdaq and S&P 500 rise as DOJ drops Powell investigation, Intel stock soars
US stocks diverged on Friday as the Department of Justice dropped its criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Intel (INTC) surged after earnings, and investors weighed the implications of an extended Israel-Lebanon truce. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) climbed 0.9% as tech stoc…