Shares across the world traded higher today after a rally on Wall Street pulled the S&P 500 back within 1% of its record, according to the Associated Press.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.3% this morning, while futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.4%. On Thursday, the S&P 500 rose 0.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.8%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite added 0.3%.
In other trading today, benchmark U.S. crude rose 48 cents to $79.74 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international standard, added 41 cents to $84.29 per barrel.
The U.S. dollar rose to 155.71 Japanese yen from 155.50 yen.
