Trade deal hopes continued to run high after the US-Japan pact helped fuel more records for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite on Wednesday. The EU and US are closing in on an agree

Six of the official GICS sectors were in the green, led by communications services, technology and energy stocks.

Trump’s tariffs and recent trade deals continue to affect global markets. Follow along for live updates on the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

Venezuela might well be sanctioned by the U.S., but President Trump is making an exception for its oil. Per the WSJ, U.S. oil giant Chevron ( CVX) will soon be able to extract oil in the South American country. Specifics on the deal remained unclear. Its stock is 1.45% higher on the news.

Investors held onto hopes that the U.S. and Japan’s trade agreement could lead to a tariff breakthrough with other countries, and pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to fresh record highs.

The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq are mixed Thursday as the stock market reacts to earnings from IBM, Tesla, and Alphabet.

Thursday marked another winning day for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, as both indexes posted fresh all-time intraday and closing highs.

The successor to the first stock market index is getting up there with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite in all-time-high territory.

The Dow Jones index dropped Thursday on a surprise fall in weekly jobless claims. Chipotle and Tesla plunged on earnings.