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Dow ground out a marginal +0.05% to 50,669, lagging tech-led peers as defensives and rate-sensitives waited for Friday's PCE inflation print before committing.

Dow is the cyclical/value side of the record-high party — without a fresh rotation catalyst, it tracks but doesn't lead. The Iran-deal trade benefits transports and energy unevenly.

PCE inflation Friday — a hot print would hit rate-sensitive Dow components first. 51,000 is the round-number target; support 50,200. Energy weight matters if oil headlines whipsaw.

Tesla closed at $442.10 (+0.40%), drifting higher with the broader Nasdaq. SpaceX-merger overhang dominated the news flow; production headlines absent.

TSLA is trading as a SpaceX-merger event rather than a fundamental EV story right now — shareholders are pricing dilution risk versus optionality. Robotaxi narrative is on the bench until next datapoint.

Any official SpaceX-merger terms or Musk commentary. June delivery numbers loom. Resistance $450; support $432. Break of $430 would be the first technical warning.