Russell 2000 Extends Record Run, Electricity Stocks Swing: What's Moving Markets Friday?

Small caps continued their upward march, with the Russell 2000 notching a fresh all-time high for the eleventh consecutive session and outperforming the S&P 500 for eleven straight days—the longest such streak since 2008.Wall Street investors appear to be rotating into small- and mid-cap names, which are increasingly seen as offering the greatest potential for earnings surprises, supported by expectations of strong U.S. economic momentum in the final quarter of last year.Industrial production rose by a stro ...