Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs in holiday-shortened trading session

Stocks stocks closed higher on Wednesday, as the Dow Industrials and S&P 500 registered record closing highs in a broad rally during a holiday-shortened session.The blue-chip Dow rose 288.75 points, or 0.60%, to 48,731.16. The S&P 500 gained 0.3% to end at 6,932.05 points, while the Nasdaq climbed 0.2%.Indexes have been climbing in recent days, buoyed in part by a rebound in AI-related names after last week’s selloff that was triggered by concerns about inflated valuations and high capital expenditures dent ...