Dow breaches 40,000 mark as rate-cut hopes fuel fresh record high

The blue-chip index has recovered nearly 40% from its October 2022 lows, powered by strong quarterly results and rising bets of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. At 11:28 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 112.55 points, or 0.28%, at 40,020.55, the S&P 500 was up 13.11 points, or 0.25%, at 5,321.26, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 35.67 points, or 0.21%, at 16,778.06.

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