The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 44000 for the first time on record Monday. The index added around 304 points, or 0.69%, to 44293.13. The climb from 43000—hit 20 trading days ago—was led by Goldman Sachs,

U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher. At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.

The historic addition of artificial intelligence (AI) colossus Nvidia may spell trouble for Wall Street's most iconic index.

The S&P 500 financial index rallied, with banks helping lift the Dow to its highest ever. Read more at straitstimes.com.

U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.

Most indexes, like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, assign a higher weighting to the largest companies by market cap. For example, Apple has roughly 11 times the market cap of Coca-Cola, so it has a much higher weighting in the S&P 500. But in the Dow, Apple is the 12th highest-weighted company by market cap because the index is price-weighted.