S&P 500 Hits All-Time Highs On Christmas Eve, VIX Drops To One-Year Low - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Wall Street delivered the kind of Christmas present investors had been hoping for, as the S&P 500 set fresh records while a key measure of market anxiety fell to its lowest level in more than a year.The S&P 500 climbed past 6,920 points in a shortened session ahead of the Christmas market closure, edging up 0.2% and lifting its year-to-date gains to 17%.Other major large-cap indices also posted modest gains on a day typically marked by thin trading volumes. The move put Wall Street on track for a fifth stra ...