A Fanatics advertisement on the sideline billboard during the NWSL match between Houston Dash and Washington Spirit at Shell Energy Stadium on March 14, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Aaron M. Sprecher | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Fanatics is set to displace Panini as the exclusive licensee of FIFA's collectibles in 2031, following an agreement with FIFA over the licensing rights for World Cup soc...
A Fanatics advertisement on the sideline billboard during the NWSL match between Houston Dash and Washington Spirit at Shell Energy Stadium on March 14, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Aaron M. Sprecher | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Fanatics is set to displace Panini as the exclusive licensee of FIFA's collectibles in 2031, following an agreement with FIFA over the licensing rights for World Cup soccer collectibles. The deal would see Fanatics expanding its existing portfolio of licenses, which includes major sporting franchises like the NFL, NBA and MLB, and is set to hand the company a greater foothold in a multi-billion dollar sports collectibles market. But as Fanatics consolidates its grip on the global sports collectibles market — part of a growing $100 billion sector , according to estimates from Morgan Stanley — its aggressive expansion has attracted legal challenges and accusations of monopolistic behavior. watch now VIDEO 11:20 11:20 Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin on FIFA partnership, growth of sports gaming and prediction markets Squawk Box Fanatical innovation Under the new FIFA-Fanatics agreement, starting from this year's World Cup, tournament debutants are set to wear "debut patches" on their inaugural matchday jerseys, which will subsequently be removed and distributed as exclusive trading cards once the agreement takes effect in 2031. The practice began in the 2023 Major League Baseball season, after Fanatics acquired exclusive licenses to produce baseball cards for the league in 2021. While Fanatics' MLB deal was initially slated to take effect in 2025, it took over licenses to the league after acquiring previous licensee Topps in 2022. The scarcity of such one-of-one debut cards have seen pieces retailing for thousands on online resale platforms like eBay . The practice of issuing debut cards in trading card packs has since been replicated across franchises like Formula 1 and the NBA — other sports leagues where the now Fanatics-owned Topps previously h...
What happened Shares of fuel cell company Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) rocketed 6.5% through noon ET on Friday -- and for the most surprising of reasons: a lukewarm "equal weight" rating on Wall Street. This morning, investment bank Wells Fargo announced it is raising its price target on Plug stock, which was already up 12% since the company reported earnings earlier in the week. So what Plug's earni...
What happened Shares of fuel cell company Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) rocketed 6.5% through noon ET on Friday -- and for the most surprising of reasons: a lukewarm "equal weight" rating on Wall Street. This morning, investment bank Wells Fargo announced it is raising its price target on Plug stock, which was already up 12% since the company reported earnings earlier in the week. So what Plug's earnings per se weren't particularly impressive, with sales rising a respectable 21% -- but losses up 74% as operating costs doubled. In its note, covered by The Fly today, Wells Fargo charitably described the company's numbers as "light" of analyst targets. Nevertheless, Wells added $10 to its price target for Plug stock -- now targeting $29 a share -- on the theory that faster growth at the company makes it $3 more valuable and tax incentives contained in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 could add a further $7 per share in value. Suffice it to say that Plug agrees with this assessment. In its earnings report Tuesday, Plug said it is counting on a $3-per-kilogram Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit (PTC) for the green hydrogen the company is trying to produce to use as a fuel source. Management predicted this credit will translate into $500 million per year in additional cash flow for the company if it achieves production rates of 500 tons per day by the end of 2025. And according to Wells, Plug is now telling investors that it expects to be profitable as early as 2024 -- instead of 2025 as previously projected. Now what That's huge good news, if true. (In its 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Plug stopped short of promising profitability in 2024 specifically, saying only that "PTC will accelerate timeline to profitability and positive cash flows.") But for investors in Plug stock, it also holds a risk: As long as Plug continues to simply promise it will become profitable eventually -- as it's been promising since its foundation a quarter century ago -...
Cotton futures closed the Thursday session with contracts down 198 to 362 points across the board. The US dollar index was $0.151 higher at $99.165. Crude oil was down $0.26 on the day to $98.00. USDA’s Export Sales report from Thursday morning showed 131,792 RB of cotton sold for 2025/26 in the week of 5/14. That was a 3-week high and 7.86% above the same week last year. Pakistan was the buyer of...
Cotton futures closed the Thursday session with contracts down 198 to 362 points across the board. The US dollar index was $0.151 higher at $99.165. Crude oil was down $0.26 on the day to $98.00. USDA’s Export Sales report from Thursday morning showed 131,792 RB of cotton sold for 2025/26 in the week of 5/14. That was a 3-week high and 7.86% above the same week last year. Pakistan was the buyer of 65,300 RB, with 23,100 RB sold to Vietnam. There was also 215,962 RB in new crop sales in that week, a MY high. Much hos that was sold to Pakistan at 206,100 RB, with 4,500 RB sold to Indonesia. Shipments were tallied at 289,351 RB, a 9-week low. Vietnam was the destination of 110,800 RB with 28,700 RB headed to Turkey. Don’t Miss a Day: The Cotlook A Index was back down 140 points on May 20 at 92.25 cents. ICE certified cotton stocks were up 6,820 on Wednesday with the certified stocks level at 210,223 bales. The Adjusted World Price was back down 319 points on Thursday at 68.68 cents/lb. Jul 26 Cotton closed at 77.98, down 362 points, Dec 26 Cotton closed at 79.73, down 323 points, Mar 27 Cotton closed at 80.58, down 319 points On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Lean hog futures were under pressure on Thursday, with contracts down 60 cents to $2.15. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $93.58 on Thursday afternoon, down 18 cents from the day prior due to thin trade. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 45 cents on May 19 at $91.00. Export Sales data from USDA showed pork sales for 2026 at 31,561 MT for the week ending on 5/14, a 3-week high. Shipments ...
Lean hog futures were under pressure on Thursday, with contracts down 60 cents to $2.15. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $93.58 on Thursday afternoon, down 18 cents from the day prior due to thin trade. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 45 cents on May 19 at $91.00. Export Sales data from USDA showed pork sales for 2026 at 31,561 MT for the week ending on 5/14, a 3-week high. Shipments were tallied at 34,297 MT, a calendar year low. Don’t Miss a Day: USDA’s pork carcass cutout value from the Thursday PM report was up 17 cents at $95.64 per cwt. The rib and ham primals were lower, with the belly down $6.45. USDA estimated federally inspected hog slaughter for Thursday at 478,000 head, taking the week to date total to 1.899 million. That is up 8,000 head from the previous week and 25,344 head below the same week last year. Jun 26 Hogs closed at $95.125, down $2.150, Jul 26 Hogs closed at $100.025, down $1.950 Aug 26 Hogs closed at $100.225, down $1.600, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Corn futures were down 1 ¾ to 4 ¼ cents across the board on Thursday, as pressure pushed the market lower into the close. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 1/4 cent to $4.22 1/2. USDA’s Export Sales data showed 2.125 MMT in old crop corn business for the week of 5/14, exceeding estimates. That was a 17-week high and 78.5% above the same week last year. Japan was the buyer o...
Corn futures were down 1 ¾ to 4 ¼ cents across the board on Thursday, as pressure pushed the market lower into the close. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 1/4 cent to $4.22 1/2. USDA’s Export Sales data showed 2.125 MMT in old crop corn business for the week of 5/14, exceeding estimates. That was a 17-week high and 78.5% above the same week last year. Japan was the buyer of 779,800 MT, with 463,800 MT sold to South Korea and 342,200 MT to Mexico. New crop business was tallied at 281,430 MT, the third largest total for the marketing year. Much of that was to Mexico at 255,100 MT, with 22,000 sold to unknown. Don’t Miss a Day: A couple South Korean importers purchased corn overnight, with 65,000 MT via tender and 66,000 MT via a private deal. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange raised their estimate for the Argentina corn crop by 3 MMT to 64 MMT. Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.62 1/4, down 3 1/2 cents, Nearby Cash was $4.22 1/2, down 3 1/4 cents, Sep 26 Corn closed at $4.68 1/2, down 4 cents, Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.85, down 4 1/4 cents, New Crop Cash was $4.38, down 3 3/4 cents, On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Live cattle futures fell $3.35 to $5.95 lower into the Thursday close. Cash trade has been limited so far this week with a few $260 sales in KS and $265 in the North. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 652 head offered, with bids of $260. Feeder cattle futures were down $1.60 in the expiring May contract, with the rest of the board down $8.75 to the $9.25 limit....
Live cattle futures fell $3.35 to $5.95 lower into the Thursday close. Cash trade has been limited so far this week with a few $260 sales in KS and $265 in the North. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 652 head offered, with bids of $260. Feeder cattle futures were down $1.60 in the expiring May contract, with the rest of the board down $8.75 to the $9.25 limit. Feeders will have expanded limits of $13.75 on Friday, with expanded live cattle limits of $10.75. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down $1.72 to $370.72 on May 20. The Tuesday APHIS update on the New World Screwworm showed a total of 2,014 active cases of in Mexico as of Wednesday. There were 150 active cases in the bordering state of Tamaulipas (8 within a range of 82-96 miles of the US border), 94 active in Nuevo Leon (14 within a range of 57-99 miles of the US border), and 15 in Coahuila (1 within 72 miles of the US border). Don’t Miss a Day: USDA will release Cattle on Feed data on Friday, as traders are looking for April placements to be up 3.4% from a year ago. Marketings are seen down 9.3% compared to 2025. May 1 on feed is expected to total 1.6% larger than the same period last year,. The weekly Export Sales report showed 8,095 MT of beef sold for 2026 in the week ending on May 14. That was the back up slightly from the week prior. Shipments were pegged at 12,263 MT, which was the third lowest for the calendar year. Wholesale Boxed Beef prices were lower in the Thursday afternoon report, with the Chc/Sel spread at $5.83. Choice boxes were down $2.14 to $391.48, while Select was $5.48 lower at $385.65. USDA estimated federally inspected cattle slaughter for Thursday at 109,000 head, with the weekly total at 427,000 head. That was up 1,000 head from the week prior but 47,733 head below the same week last year. Jun 26 Live Cattle closed at $249.150, down $4.125, Aug 26 Live Cattle closed at $239.350, down $5.950, Oct 26 Live Cattle closed at $230.950, down $5.825, May...
Soybeans posted Thursday losses of 1 ¼ to 6 ¾ cents across the board at the close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 6 1/2 cents at $11.30 1/2. Soymeal futures were down $2.30 to $2.80 on the day, with Soy Oil futures 19 to 79 points lower. Export sales data from USDA this morning showed 351,423 MT of 2025/26 soybean sales. That was a 4-week high and 14.12% larger than the sa...
Soybeans posted Thursday losses of 1 ¼ to 6 ¾ cents across the board at the close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 6 1/2 cents at $11.30 1/2. Soymeal futures were down $2.30 to $2.80 on the day, with Soy Oil futures 19 to 79 points lower. Export sales data from USDA this morning showed 351,423 MT of 2025/26 soybean sales. That was a 4-week high and 14.12% larger than the same week last year. Unknown destinations was the buyer of 171,900 MT, with Egypt in for 59,800 MT. New crop sales were tallied at 172,729 MT. That was a marketing year high for new crop, with total new crop sales at 509,642 MT still half of the same point last year. The largest buyer for new crop was unknown at 132,000 MT, with 40,700 MT sold to Mexico. Don’t Miss a Day: Soybean meal sales were at 492,229 MT, which was within expectations at 200,000 to 600,000 MT. Bean oil sales were 1,042 MT, which was in the middle of the expected range of net reductions of 5,000 MT to sales of 12,000 MT. EPA reported D4 RIN generation at 690 million during April, up from the 651.4 million back in March. Argentina’s soybean estimate was raised by 1.5 MMT to 50.1 MMT according to the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange. Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $11.94 1/4, down 5 1/2 cents, Nearby Cash was $11.30 1/2, down 6 1/2 cents, Aug 26 Soybeans closed at $11.93 1/2, down 5 3/4 cents, Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $11.86 3/4, down 6 3/4 cents, New Crop Cash was $11.24 1/4, down 8 1/4 cents, On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Wheat futures closed out the Thursday session with losses across the three exchanges. The Chicago SRW market was down 9 to 10 cents on the day. KC HRW posted front month losses of 9 to 10 cents as well. MPLS spring wheat futures were 6 to 7 cents in the red at the Thursday close. The weekly Export Sales report from this morning, showed wheat sales in the week of January 9 at 513,424 MT, well above...
Wheat futures closed out the Thursday session with losses across the three exchanges. The Chicago SRW market was down 9 to 10 cents on the day. KC HRW posted front month losses of 9 to 10 cents as well. MPLS spring wheat futures were 6 to 7 cents in the red at the Thursday close. The weekly Export Sales report from this morning, showed wheat sales in the week of January 9 at 513,424 MT, well above trade estimates ranging from 150,000 to 400,000 MT. That was a 3-week high and still 27.44% below the same week last year. South Korea was the top buyer of 131,800 MT, with 114,700 MT sold to Taiwan. The International Grains Council raised their world wheat stocks estimate by 2 MMT to 265 MMT, which is still an 8 MMT reduction from last year. Strategie Grains raised their latest EU wheat production estimate by 0.6 MMT to 127.2 MMT. Japan purchased a total of 132,888 MT of wheat for import in their latest tender from the US, Canada, and Australia, with 48,308 MT US specific. Mar 25 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.37 1/2, down 9 1/2 cents, May 25 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.49 1/2, down 9 1/4 cents, Mar 25 KCBT Wheat closed at $5.48 1/4, down 9 1/4 cents, May 25 KCBT Wheat closed at $5.58 1/2, down 9 cents, Mar 25 MGEX Wheat closed at $5.81 1/2, down 6 cents, May 25 MGEX Wheat closed at $5.91 1/2, down 6 1/2 cents, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Dale Earnhardt Jr, who clashed with Busch early in their respective careers, said in a statement: "We luckily took the time to figure out our differences and that was something he instigated with a conversation in his bus around how we each managed our racing teams. ... But it was he who made the effort for that to be possible."
Dale Earnhardt Jr, who clashed with Busch early in their respective careers, said in a statement: "We luckily took the time to figure out our differences and that was something he instigated with a conversation in his bus around how we each managed our racing teams. ... But it was he who made the effort for that to be possible."
Tesla NASDAQ:TSLA soared 7.6% one day last week -- its best single session in more than nine months -- and has gained some 15% in less than two weeks as the EV giant prepares to report Q1 earnings. I don't personally like when stocks run upward into earnings, but Tesla's technicals and fundamentals seem to be shaping up rather well. Let's explore: Tesla's Fundamental Analysis TSLA plans to release...
Tesla NASDAQ:TSLA soared 7.6% one day last week -- its best single session in more than nine months -- and has gained some 15% in less than two weeks as the EV giant prepares to report Q1 earnings. I don't personally like when stocks run upward into earnings, but Tesla's technicals and fundamentals seem to be shaping up rather well. Let's explore: Tesla's Fundamental Analysis TSLA plans to release earnings on Wednesday after the bell at a time when the stock is down some 13% year to date amid a beat-down that began in earnest in mid-December. Wall Street expects the electric-vehicle firm's first-quarter results to show $0.36 in adjusted earnings per share on roughly $22.35 billion of revenue. A print like that would reflect about 15.5% in year-over-year revenue growth, as well as a 33% y/y gain from the $0.27 in adjusted EPS that Tesla saw in the same period last year. But interestingly, nine of the 26 sell-side analysts that I know to cover TSLA have lowered their earnings estimates for the period since the quarter began, while only four have raised them. The remaining 13 analysts have made no changes. This tells me that more than a few of them don't really know what's coming. Tesla's Technical Analysis Now let's check out TSLA's chart going back some eight months and running through Thursday afternoon (April 16): Readers will first note that TSLA saw a double-top pattern of bearish reversal this past autumn, as marked by the two red boxes at the chart's left. That pattern worked out quite well. However, the stock has recently broken out of a downtrend, as illustrated here by a Raff Regression model (the orange-and-pink shaded area at the chart's right). The stock has also retaken its 21-day Exponential Moving Average (or "EMA," marked with a green line), which has likely re-energized the swing crowd. That said, Tesla has been recently butting up against resistance at its 50-day Simple Moving Average (or "SMA," marked with a blue line) and its 200-day SMA (the slop...
The AI industry has fully entered the "agent era," a paradigm where AI models do far more than generate text — they now actively plan, execute, and course-correct complex tasks over days rather than seconds. Thus, it's perhaps unsurprising to see Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's famed Qwen Team of AI researchers release a model capable of performing autonomous agentic AI work over multiple days:...
The AI industry has fully entered the "agent era," a paradigm where AI models do far more than generate text — they now actively plan, execute, and course-correct complex tasks over days rather than seconds. Thus, it's perhaps unsurprising to see Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's famed Qwen Team of AI researchers release a model capable of performing autonomous agentic AI work over multiple days: that model has arrived in the form of Qwen3.7-Max which the company reports in a blog post achieved "~35 hours of continuous autonomous execution" — albeit, in a proprietary, not open source format, as prior Qwen Team releases were. This is also to be expected — it's what many analysts and industry experts feared in the wake of the departure of several key Qwen Team leaders earlier this year. But it makes sense for Alibaba financially, at least in the short term: training AI models, especially ones as powerful as Qwen3.7-Max, is expensive, and giving them away essentially for free, as open source models are, does not immediately help recoup any costs. In that sense, Alibaba is simply aligning its efforts with American AI giants like OpenAI and Google by offering the latest and greatest models only through paid APIs and subscription or paid web plan bundles, and slightly less performant ones through open source. Still, the arrival of Qwen3.7-Max offers further optionality to enterprises and individual users, and more competition for American AI labs — rarely a bad thing for consumers at all budget levels. Yet, the fact that the model is only accessible from Chinese-based endpoints means it may be limited in its appeal to American and European enterprises seeking to maximize compliance and security posturing when fulfilling government contracts, or even just attempting to comply with all relevant state, local, and national data sovereignty regulations. The marathon AI era To understand why Qwen3.7-Max is a departure from previous models, one must look at how it was trained a...
黃百鳴涉天馬影視內幕交易案罪成 官指說法不可信、荒謬牽強 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】資深電影人兼商人黃百鳴涉內幕交易案，被裁定罪成。 案情指，黃百鳴在2017年8月25日至10月17日期間，擔...
黃百鳴涉天馬影視內幕交易案罪成 官指說法不可信、荒謬牽強 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】資深電影人兼商人黃百鳴涉內幕交易案，被裁定罪成。 案情指，黃百鳴在2017年8月25日至10月17日期間，擔任天馬影視主席兼控股股東，掌握有關天馬影視的內幕消息，慫使或促致其胞妹黃潔珍進行天馬影視股份，現稱傳遞娛樂等交易。裁判官認為他的說法不可信，解釋荒謬牽強，裁定黃百鳴就指使或促使他人作內幕交易罪罪成。
Key Points Nebius is working with Bloom Energy to alleviate a major restraint on its expansion. Clean, rapidly deployable fuel cells could turbocharge growth. 10 stocks we like better than Nebius Group › Shares of Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) spiked on Thursday after the data center operator formed a strategic partnership with Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE). Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our te...
Key Points Nebius is working with Bloom Energy to alleviate a major restraint on its expansion. Clean, rapidly deployable fuel cells could turbocharge growth. 10 stocks we like better than Nebius Group › Shares of Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) spiked on Thursday after the data center operator formed a strategic partnership with Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE). Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Joining forces to power the AI revolution The two companies will work together to bring Bloom's impressive fuel cell technology to Nebius' rapidly expanding artificial intelligence (AI) factories. Electricity is quickly becoming the key bottleneck of the AI boom. Bloom's solid oxide fuel cell systems can be an efficient energy source with minimal water use and essentially no pollution, as they generate electricity without combustion. "AI workloads demand power infrastructure that matches the performance of the cloud platforms they run on," Bloom chief commercial officer Aman Joshi said. "Our partnership with AI cloud leader Nebius brings together Bloom's clean fuel cell technology and AI-native infrastructure, and helps deliver a community-friendly, high-performance solution at scale." A need for speed Additionally, fuel-cell systems often face fewer regulatory roadblocks than combustion-based systems, which enables them to be brought online faster. That's a major advantage, as AI data center construction is very much a race. "Clean power with virtually no pollutants is deployed onsite, on the timelines our customers need, with the availability AI workloads require," Nebius chief infrastructure officer Andrey Korolenko said. Nebius and Bloom expect their first project, with 328 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity, to begin operations later this year. Should you buy stock in Nebius Group right now? Before you ...
In this article .HSI Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A screen displays share prices inside the Kabuto One building in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, April 13, 2026. Oil surged and stocks fell after President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions with Iran following the collapse of weekend peace talks. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Im...
In this article .HSI Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A screen displays share prices inside the Kabuto One building in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, April 13, 2026. Oil surged and stocks fell after President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions with Iran following the collapse of weekend peace talks. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Friday as investors assess U.S.-Iran diplomatic efforts at reaching a peace deal in the Middle East. While oil prices fell in U.S. trading on hopes of a deal, reports that Tehran intends to keep its enriched uranium stockpile within the country stand to complicate negotiations with Washington as President Donald Trump has made dismantling Iran's nuclear program a central objective of his military action against Tehran. Japan's Nikkei 225 was poised to rise, with the Chicago futures contract at 62,225 and the Osaka counterpart last trading at 62,210 compared with the index's previous close of 61,684.14. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures were last at 25,568, higher than the index's last close of 25,386.52. In Australia, futures last traded at 8,681, higher than the S&P/ASX 200 's last close of 8,621.7. Overnight on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to a record close. The blue-chip index gained 276.31 points, or 0.55%, for a closing record of 50,285.66. The S&P 500 advanced 0.17% to 7,445.72, while the Nasdaq Composite increased 0.09% to end at 26,293.10. — CNBC's Sean Conlon, Sarah Min and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.