Check 1 — Verbatim Priority: The verbatim quote is 'The Nasdaq surged 513 to its highest finish ever.' Assessment is conducted on this language. Check 2 — Extraction Fidelity: The claim_text adds the word 'points' not present in the verbatim; this is immaterial descriptive clarification consistent with broadcast shorthand and does not introduce a substantive discrepancy requiring a verdict adjustment. Check 3 — Wrong-Cited-Fact Gate: No wrong cited fact is present; both predicates are confirmed. The claim contains two testable predicates: (1) a point gain of approximately 513, and (2) a record closing high ('highest finish ever'). Predicate 1: The FRED series (Tier 1, sourced from Nasdaq, Inc.) confirms the May 5, 2026 Nasdaq close at 25,326.13; CNBC confirms the May 6, 2026 close at 25,838.94, a gain of 2.02%. The arithmetic difference is 512.81 points. Baier's stated figure of '513' is a rounded approximation of this actual gain; per the hedged approximation immaterial imprecision standard, approximate language is not an identifiable inaccuracy when the confirmed figure falls within or is mathematically equivalent to the stated figure — 512.81 rounds to 513 by standard rounding convention. Predicate 2: CNBC independently confirms that 'both indexes touched new highs and closed at records' on May 6, 2026, directly confirming the 'highest finish ever' characterization. Minimum source requirements for TRUE are met: at least one Tier 1 source (FRED/Nasdaq, Inc.) and at least one Tier 4 source (CNBC) with INDEPENDENT source independence jointly confirm both predicates. No corrections or retractions were found. The Gate 1 MOSTLY_TRUE nomination was based on treating the rounded point figure as an 'identifiable inaccuracy,' but the hedged approximation immaterial imprecision standard — which applies when a rounded figure is the stated approximation and the confirmed value falls within that approximation by normal rounding — properly categorizes this as immaterial, warranting an upgrade to TRUE.