The S&P 500 started the trading session at 5,702.63 points on Wall Street before it recorded a new lifetime high of 5,733.5 points. The index shuttered at 5,713.64 points in the last trading session.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 522.09 points, or 1.26 percent, to 42,025.19. The S&P 500 added 95.38 points, or 1.70 percent, to 5,713.64. The Nasdaq Composite Index increased 440.68 points, or ...
The blue-chip Dow was on pace to ink a milestone, a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in a big way. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.3%, at last check, trading near 42,030.
The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) climbed roughly 1.7%, while the Dow rose more than 1.2%, with both indexes trading at record highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC) led the gains, up roughly 2.5%.