U.S. Stocks Extending Upward Trend As Traders Shrug Off Shutdown

Extending the upward trend seen over the past several sessions, stocks have moved mostly higher during trading on Friday. The major averages are moving to the upside for the sixth consecutive session and have reached new record intraday highs.Currently, the Dow is up 369.12 points or 0.8 percent at 46,888.84 and the S&P 500 is up 27.83 points or 0.4 percent at 6,743.18. The tech-heavy Nasdaq briefly dipped into negative territory in early trading but is also currently up 46.63 points or 0.2 percent at 22,8 ...