About this episode

The episode discusses the record closing highs of US equity benchmarks driven by technology stocks amidst rising oil prices.

The three (3) main US equity benchmarks opened the new week and month with fresh record closing highs despite a fresh jump in oil prices , with technology stocks (particularly software names) continuing to drive the gains – Dow inched +46-points or +0.09% higher to 51,078.88 . Salesforce Inc (up +9.68%) and International Business Machines (IBM) Corp ( +7.60%) were the leading performer in the 30-stock index for a second session running.

Topics covered

• US equity benchmarks
• record closing highs
• technology stocks
• oil prices
• market performance

Keywords

• US equity benchmarks
• record highs
• technology stocks
• Salesforce
• IBM
• oil prices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Salesforce Inc, International Business Machines (IBM) Corp

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