Make it 9 days in a row for the Dow and the Nasdaq

<p>Make it 9-days in a row for the Dow and the Nasdaq. The Dow closes at a new record high once again. The S&amp;P index is only up 8 of 9 days, but is now within about 0.75% of an all-time high close. </p><p>The final numbers are showing:</p><ul><li>Dow industrial average rose 251.90 points or 0.68% at 37557.93</li><li>S&amp;P index rose 27.79 points or 0.59% at 4768.36</li><li>Nasdaq index rose 98.40 points or 0.66% at 15003.21</li></ul><p>Those gains were solid but the small-cap Russell 2000 index rose 30.53 points or 1.94% at 2020.95. The Ark Innovation ETF also outperformed with a gain of $2.11 or 4.13% at $53.18. Some of the Top 10 gainers in that ETF?</p><ul><li>Zoom +1.49%</li><li>Twillio, +2.14%</li><li>UiPath was 2.26%</li><li>Coinbase, +5.04%</li><li>Square, +4.64 present</li><li>Unity, +4.15%</li></ul><p>Caterpillar had another big gain today. It rose $7.25 or 2.54% to $292.96. That is a new high close but just short of it $293.88 all-time intraday high. Shares of Caterpillar or up 12.95% from last Wednesday's low. </p><p>Other winners today:</p><ul><li>Tesla today rose 2.04%.</li><li>Meta-rose 1.67%</li><li>Intel rose to 2.12%. For the year Intel shares are up 76.54%</li></ul>

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.