U.S. stocks opened higher, the three major indexes closed at new record highs. The Dow rose 3.57 per cent, the Nasdaq rose 2.95 per cent and the S&P 500 rose 2.53 per cent. The U.S. Philadelphia Bank Index rose more than 10 per cent to a new high since March 2022. Most of the large technology stocks rose, Tesla jumped more than 14%, a new high since July 2023; Intel rose more than 7%, Nvidia, Google rose about 4%.