The Dow Jones industrial average closed at an all-time high on Wednesday as investors brushed off the madness unfolding in DC to focus instead on the prospect of more stimulus funding to boost the economy.
The Dow ended the day up 437.80 points, or 1.4 percent, to a record 30,829.40. Earlier in the day it had soared even higher, by more than 600 points, before falling back somewhat as a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol to protest Joe Biden’s Electoral College win.
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