The Dow has topped 50,000 for the first time, with JPMorgan, Apple and Boeing in buy areas. The Nasdaq is still below key support, but these AI stocks are reviving.

Within just four years, the Dow hit another key price: 10,000. The average first touched the level on March 16, 1999. However, it took several days of choppy trading for the index to close a session above 10,000 on March 29, 1999.

The S&P and the Dow are two of the most popular bellwether indexes for the American stock market and economy. Here's how they stack up.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index fell Tuesday as the Fed's policy meeting got underway. UnitedHealth stock tumbled on Medicare news.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1,206.95 points, or 2.47%, to close at 50,115.67 — its first close above 50,000. The S&P 500 gained 1.97% to end at 6,932.30, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 2.18% to 23,031.21.

Big earnings movers include Meta, Tesla, and Lam Research. Apple earnings are due late.

Major stock indexes rebounded Friday, a day after equities sank amid risk-off sentiment. Still, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 were poised to register sharp weekly losses.