Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 jump to records, Nasdaq surges as stocks end 2026's first week with big gains | Glencore shares pop 10% as firm restarts mega-merger talks with Rio Tinto | Mergers and Acquisitions — Reviewing 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026

HigherIQ · Jan 11, 2026 · 5m

Sources: - Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 jump to records, Nasdaq surges as stocks end 2026's first week with big gains (Yahoo Finance): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-jump-to-records-nasdaq-surges-as-stocks-end-2026s-first-week-with-big-gains-210029649.html - Glencore shares pop 10% as firm restarts mega-merger talks with Rio Tinto (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/rio-tinto-glencore-talks-mega-merger-mining.html - Mergers and Acquisitions — Reviewing 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026 (Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance)…