The Dow and S&P 500 both hit new record highs on Thursday after an upside surprise in US economic growth lifted sentiment, with airline stocks and IBM among the most prominent risers of the day.
U.S. real gross domestic product rose 2.5% for 2023. It was up at an annual rate of 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to a Thursday report from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Equities in London kicked off an abbreviated trading week with gains on Wednesday, on continued US interest rate optimism at the end of 2024.
The FTSE 100 index ended up 27.44 points, 0.4%, at.