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Wall Street cheered the House of Representative's passage of the Republican tax cut plan Thursday, pushing US stocks higher and lifting the Nasdaq to a fresh record.
The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 1.3 percent to end the session at 6,792.45, eclipsing its November 8 record by about three points.
At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 23,457.32, up 0.8 percent, while the broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.8 percent to 2,585.67.
source: AFP
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