{"id":78149,"date":"2026-01-07T09:47:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/dow-crosses-49000-sp-500-jumps-to-new-high-in-record-setting-start-to-year\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T09:47:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:47:52","slug":"dow-crosses-49000-sp-500-jumps-to-new-high-in-record-setting-start-to-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/dow-crosses-49000-sp-500-jumps-to-new-high-in-record-setting-start-to-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Dow crosses 49,000, S&P 500 jumps to new high in record-setting start to year"},"content":{"rendered":"


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US stocks rose to fresh records on Tuesday as investors continued to weigh US moves on Venezuela and braced for a flurry of fresh data this week to shed light on the health of the economy.<\/p>\n

The S&P 500 (^GSPC<\/a>) added 0.6%, closing at a record high, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC<\/a>) also rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI<\/a>) climbed 1% to close above 49,000 for the first time as the blue-chip index notched a back-to-back record<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Investors assessed Nvidia (NVDA<\/a>) and AMD’s (AMD<\/a>) competing AI roadmaps<\/a>, laid out at CES<\/a> in Las Vegas. CEO Jensen Huang launched<\/a> Nvidia’s next-generation Vera Rubin AI superchip platform, followed by AMD CEO Lisa Su’s first look at its rival Helios<\/a> system. Eyes were also on new PC chips from Intel (INTC<\/a>) and Qualcomm<\/a> (QCOM<\/a>), with updates from other tech stalwarts expected as the marquee tech event continues this week.<\/p>\n

Notable gainers in the tech space on Tuesday included Amazon (AMZN<\/a>), Micron (MU<\/a>), and Broadcom (AVGO<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the focus is starting to turn to a flurry of jobs market and other data this week, as the flow of economic reports gets back on track<\/a>. On Tuesday, the final reading of S&P Global’s Services PMI for the month of December showed the US services sector growing at its slowest pace in eight months.<\/p>\n

The shutdown-induced dearth of data in recent months has made it trickier to gauge how the Federal Reserve will move on interest rates this year. Chair Jerome Powell has signaled policymakers will tread carefully until the picture of the labor market is clearer. That has made the December jobs report<\/a> due Friday even more crucial than usual.<\/p>\n

In commodities, copper (HG=F<\/a>) continued to surge after breaking above $13,000 a ton for the first time, hitting a fresh record<\/a> as worries about potential Trump tariffs spur stockpiles in the US, leaving the rest of the world short.<\/p>\n

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