morning. the hang seng closing at its best level in five months. european markets have opening higher, seeing green arrows there. moving to wall street, futures look like a positive open. and it was a record day for investors. the dow closing up 106 points. that logged another record for the index. the nasdaq set its tenth-straight record, as well, closing above 9000 for the first time ever. the s&p 500 finished at a record high. looks like santa was very good to amazon. the online retailer said it had its best holiday season on record, selling tens of millions of popular gadgets like the alexa-enabled echo dot. other top sellers were lol surprise dolls and pet treats. u.p.s. is expecting a record number of shipped returns. the carrier said it expects the process 1.9 million return
u.p.s. is expecting a record number of shipped returns. the carrier said it expects the process 1.9 million return packages on january 2nd, nationals returns day. it's up from 26% from the prior year. u.p.s. says the returns mark the seventh-straight record as we see online shopping growing and growing. the record number doesn't account, though, for fedex or other carrier returns. what are you doing there, 3po? >> taking one last look, sir, at my friends. >> and his bank account. the force is strong with the latest "star wars" movie. "the rise of skywalker" bringing in over $500 million in its first week. the film made $32 million in the u.s. on wednesday, the biggest christmas day for any movie since "the force awakens" in 2015. "star wars" movies have made more than $9 billion worldwide, not accounting for inflation. how is this for secret