U.S. stocks were higher Wednesday, as Wall Street looked for clues to Friday’s jobs report after two counteractive sessions to begin the week.

The Dow started Wednesday in the same position as it began the week, as Tuesday’s losses cancelled Monday’s gains. Today, however, investors received a preview of Friday’s jobs report, as ADP reported that private businesses created almost exactly the expected number of jobs during May.

Investors also reacted to comments from European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi, who said that there was “nothing to say” about ongoing Greek debt talks. Draghi confirmed that quantitative easing was showing effects in the Euro Zone, and would continue for the time being. Earlier, the ECB announced the benchmark interest rate would remain unchanged at 0.05 percent.

Here are the final numbers from Wednesday on Wall Street:

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 18,076.27 (+64.33)

NASDAQ: 5,099.23 (+22.71) 

S&P 500: 2,114.07 (+4.47) 

U.S. stocks went on a roller-coaster ride Tuesday, losing 100 points before reversing course to trade close to even.

For months, we’ve been reading and hearing about how a stronger dollar was bad for stocks and American businesses. Yet Tuesday morning saw the dollar lose value against a number of currencies—and the Dow fell by nearly 100 points in response.

Also, with a lack of major U.S. data due on Tuesday, investors focused on Europe—and picked the wrong time to do so. Concerns grew over Greece’s ability to repay its considerable outstanding debts. Despite that, the Euro showed modest growth of 0.3 percent in the first quarter, moving it higher against the U.S. dollar.

By mid-day, however, the market reversed its course, recovering all morning losses and even eking out a gain across the three major indices. By late afternoon, all three indices were near their starting points.

Analysts claim this is all just background noise, leading to Friday’s jobs report.

Here are the final numbers from Wall Street on Tuesday;

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 18,011.94 (-28.43)

NASDAQ: 5,076.52 (-6.40)

S&P 500: 2,109.60 (-2.13)

U.S. stocks were slightly higher Monday, as the markets attempted to rebound from a discouraging finish to the month of May.

Stocks were down for six of the last eight trading sessions in May, culminating in Friday’s 115-point loss on the Dow. Now June begins, a discouraging sign for investors who know that June has been a poor month for stocks over recent history.

Today, the markets looked to new data, including national factory activity (up slightly from April) and the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow forecast (unchanged.) Meanwhile, data from China will hopefully help to determine whether further stimulus measures will be necessary in Asia’s largest economy.

Later this week, labor market reports will take center stage, as a Fed-obsessed market continues to look for clues regarding timing of interest rate hikes.

Here are the final numbers from Wall Street on Monday:

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 18,040.37 (+29.69)

NASDAQ: 5,082.93 (+12.90) 

S&P 500: 2,111.73 (+4.34) 

U.S. stocks were lower on Thursday, as hopes of averting the debt crisis in Greece were dashed overnight.

Wednesday saw the markets recover from a Tuesday sell-off, partly on the strength of Greek optimism regarding a deal to solve the nation’s ongoing credit crisis. But European officials denied claims that such an agreement was close. The proposed solution would have unlocked nearly 7.2 billion Euros (almost $8 billion) in financial aid funding for Greece. The renewed worries have the European Central Bank concerned about a Greek exit from the Euro zone.

Back at home, U.S. investors kept their eyes on the weekly jobless claims figure, which came in slightly higher than expected at 282,000. Tomorrow will bring a second round of estimates on first-quarter GDP.

Here are the final numbers from Wall Street on Thursday:

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 18,126.12 (-36.87)

NASDAQ: 5,097.98 (-8.62)

S&P 500: 2,120.79 (-2.69)

U.S. stocks were higher on Wednesday, as markets attempted to recover from Tuesday’s clobbering.

The Dow, NASDAQ and S&P 500 all lost more than 1% on Tuesday—the worst day this month on Wall Street. The dollar was the main culprit, rising more than 1.3% during the day and reaching its highest level against the Japanese yen in almost eight years.

However, it was the NASDAQ leading the way on Wednesday, closing at an all-time high of 5,106.59.

Continued data releases seemed to signal an impending interest rate hike, which has long been the fear of Wall Street traders and investors. It’s been nearly a decade since the most recent rate hike, meaning uncharted territory for many brokers and investors who’ve never attempted to operate in such an environment.

Wednesday was a quiet day on the data front, allowing investors time to absorb the news from Tuesday. The bounce back suggested a slight over-reaction, although the real story of the week may not be told until Friday, when the revised first-quarter GDP number is released.

Here are the final numbers from Wall Street on Wednesday:

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 18,162.99 (+121.45)

NASDAQ: 5,106.59 (+73.84) 

S&P 500: 2,123.48 (+19.28) 

U.S. stocks were considerably lower Tuesday morning, as Wall Street geared up for numerous data releases after the Memorial Day holiday.

Both the Dow and S&P 500 hit new record highs last week, but finished lower to close the week on Friday. On Tuesday, investors watched the following data releases for clues on an impending interest rate hike:

• Durable goods orders (down 0.5% for April)  
• Home prices indices (gain of 5%, in line with expectations)
• New home sales figures (rose 6.8%, higher than the expected 5.0%)
• Conference Board Consumer Confidence report (a rating of 95.4, vs. an expected 96.1)

But it was the continuing strength of the dollar that had investors worried Tuesday, as the Euro fell below $1.09 vs. the American currency.

Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer made comments from Israel on Monday, offering his opinion that people need to stop worrying about when interest rate hikes will begin, and focus instead on ‘how high will they go?’ Fischer says many Fed economists believe the interest rate will hit 3.25%-4% within two to three years.

Here are the final numbers from Wall Street on Tuesday:

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 18,041.54 (-190.48)

NASDAQ: 5,032.75 (-56.61)

S&P 500: 2,104.20 (-21.86)

U.S. stock futures were mostly flat on Thursday, the day after the minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee all but confirmed an interest rate hike before the end of 2015.

While only a few policymakers support a rate hike as soon as June, the general consensus was that economic circumstances would allow for the first increase in almost a decade before the end of 2015.

Elsewhere, Wall Street will hope for continued good news in housing data with existing home sales news, but the April numbers badly missed their target. Sales fell 3.3%, as opposed to an expected 1% uptick.

Jobless claims met estimates yet again, and markets looked forward to Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s comments scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.

Here are the final numbers from Thursday on Wall Street:

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 18,285.74 (+0.34)

NASDAQ: 5,090.79 (+19.05)

S&P 500: 2,130.82 (+4.97)