KQED Nightly Business Report January 26, 2018
For the s p 500, it was its 13th record finish in just 17 trading days so far. Earnings helped drive the blue chip index as some of the worlds biggest Global Companies easily beat profit expectations. They also said things are looking fourp the rhett of the year. At one point today more than 30 of all of the 30 dow components from at alltime highs. Here are the closing numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial average advanced 140 points to 26,392. Nasdaq fell nearly four, though. But the s p 500 rose by about two. Once again, the dollar came into play, adding some volatility to the trading day. Now y...