Stocks closed up today after a slew of earnings results from the big banks topped expectations, and new weekly jobless claims showed a larger-than-anticipated improvement to a pandemic-era low.
Dow Jones finished +535 at 34,912
S&P 500 finished +74 at 4,438
NASDAQ finished +252 at 14,823
The 10 Year Treasury closed down 3 basis points yielding 1.51%
Oil prices closed up $0.94 ending at $81.38 a barrel.
Gold prices closed up $3.40 ending at $1,798 an ounce.
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