The Dow and S&P 500 hit record highs today as investors cheered trial data from drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech indicating their Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective.
Dow Jones finished +834 at 29,157
S&P 500 finished +41 at 3,550
NASDAQ finished -181 at 11,713
The 10 Year Treasury closed up 11 basis points yielding 0.93%
Oil prices closed up $2.92 ending at $40.06 a barrel
Gold prices closed down $86.30 ending at $1,865 an ounce
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