Dow surges 700 points, tops 49K for first time as Maduro capture sends Wall Street cheering
New York Post·2026-01-05 17:17

Wall Street’s main indexes surged on Monday, with the blue-chip Dow hitting an all-time high due to soaring financial stocks, while energy firms rose after a US military strike that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.In midday trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time high, jumping 713 points, or 1.5%, to 49,095. The S&P 500 gained 0.8%, and the Nasdaq climbed more than 200 points, or 1%, to 23,458.President Trump said Sunday, a day after Maduro was captured, that a second strike w ...