Wall Street rally holds strong as S&P 500 beats December record high - New York’s S&P 500 index moved about 0.8% higher to surpass last month’s intra-day record high.

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The S&P 500 climbed to 6,100 for the first time during Wednesday's session. Traders cheered strong earnings and an AI initiative Trump announced on Tuesday.

Wall Street's indexes rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 hitting an intraday record high as investors cheered streaming video provider Netflix's quarterly report and President Donald Trump's private-sector artificial intelligence infrastructure investment plan.

The DAX 40 and FTSE 100 are both advancing in well-defined Elliott Impulse waves to the upside. These indices show strong momentum, indicative of a continuation of the current bullish trend. Monitoring wave counts and support/resistance levels will help pinpoint high-probability trade setups.

UK stocks make a comeback, as BoE rate cut bets soar.

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Cadence Bank (CADE) was up 4.5% in pre-market trading, and Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) was up 3.4%.

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Following the substantial rally seen during Wednesday's session, stocks turned in a relatively lackluster performance during trading

The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were Entain, up 39.6p to 669.6p, Smiths Group, up 97p to 1,862p, Spirax, up 345p to 7,270p, Prudential, up 30.8p to 655.6p, and Anglo American, up 88p to 2,548p.

As US president Donald Trump storms ahead with his policy agenda to kick off his return to office, it is worth considering what his second term will mean for your investments. Trump signed a slew of executive orders and actions following his inauguration on Monday.

Of the S&P 500 companies that have reported earnings so far, 79% have beat estimates, according to FactSet data.