S&P 500 Hits Record High
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S&P 500 Hits Record High

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 6, 20261 min
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  • Business & money

Plus: Brent crude is trading at around $100 a barrel, as traders weigh an uptick in shipments through the Strait of Hormuz against Iran’s attempts to interfere with flows. And Option Care Health saw its stock soar more than 30%; private-equity firm CD&R and healthcare services provider McKesson are buying the company. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted...

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Here's your closing bell brief for Tuesday, October 6th. I'm Pierre Bien-Amé for The Wall Street Journal. U.S. stocks are up today with the S&P 500 hitting a record high. It led the gains with a jump of 0.6%.

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The Nasdaq and the Dow both gained roughly 0.5%. And Brent crude futures are now trading at around $100 a barrel or close to flat on the day. Oil traders are weighing an uptick in shipments through the Strait of Hormuz against Iran's

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attempts to interfere with flows by attacking tankers. Among individual companies, SpaceX's stock rose 2% in early trading, extending a recent surge and, according to Forbes, making Elon Musk a trillionaire once again. But the rocket company's stock ended the day up just 0.5%.

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