This article will be updated throughout the day, so check back often for more daily updates. As markets prepare to open for trading Friday, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) looks mostly flat — maybe up a basis point or three depending on when you look.

Investors react to Wednesday's weaker-than-expected producer-price index for August as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq eke out small gains to finish at new records.

Oil prices dropped hard, as West Texas Intermediate futures fell 2% to around $62.40 a barrel. At the session low, light sweet crude futures plunged to $62.28. Natural gas fell more than 2%, but gold was off only 0.1% at $3,677 per ounce.

Trump’s tariffs continue to affect the global economy. Follow along for live updates on the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq and other markets.

Investors digest revisions to U.S. jobs data and await this week's inflation data for clues to the Federal Reserve's next move on rates.

The Dow dropped 0.5% at the closing bell, with Apple AAPL and Amazon AMZN losing more than 3% each. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 rose 0.3% to a record close, drawing strength from Oracle's stock, which added more than a third to the company's market cap.