The tech-heavy Nasdaq finished at a record Thursday as other benchmarks closed slightly higher following former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey's testimony in front of senators and ahead of U.K. election results. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.39% closed up 24.38 points, or 0.4%, at a record 6,321.76, led by big gains in Yahoo Inc. YHOO, +10.21% Nvidia Corp. NVDA, +7.26% and Tesla Inc. TSLA, +2.88% The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.04% finished up 8.84 points at 21,182.53, with shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, +1.38% and Caterpillar Inc. CAT, +1.45% the biggest gainers and Walt Disney Co. DIS, -1.51% and Merck & Co. MRK, -1.34% the biggest decliners. The S&P 500 index SPX, +0.03% finished up 0.65 points at 2,433.79, with the financials and tech sectors leading and the utilities and consumer-staples sectors lagging
Oil prices edged lower, with benchmark Brent crude and U.S. crude prices hitting respective one-month lows of $47.56 and $45.20 after an unexpected surge in U.S. inventories and the return of more Nigerian crude aggravated concerns about a worldwide glut.
"The market is catching its breath after the inventory report which, as far as the oil market was concerned, stunk," said Andrew Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates in Houston.
Brent crude LCOc1 settled down 20 cents, or 0.42 percent, at $47.86 per barrel. U.S. crude CLc1 settled down 8 cents, or 0.17 percent, at $45.64 per barrel.
U.S. Treasury yields edged higher as investors focused instead on next week's expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve, with benchmark 10-year yields US10YT=RR last at 2.195 percent compared to 2.180 percent late Wednesday.
The dollar's gains pushed gold prices lower. Spot gold prices XAU= were last down 0.63 percent at $1,278.30 an ounce
whta we can expect
no smoking gun in James Comey's fairytale in front of congress, so hopefully the democrats will give up on this sideshow and actually start putting forward ideas on how to help the economy, Nah, that will never happen
hopefully the poms will do the right thing and keep Theresa May in
and then we can all get back to making money
Futures currently up 5 points
Have a good day
P.s Verses
scientists edition, battle of the big brained professors
a three way triple threat match
Professor Brian Cox verses Professor Julius Sumner Miller versus Professor Pat Pending
