Wall Street pushes past records ahead of the opening bell as investors continue to ignore shutdown

Wall Street pushes past records ahead of the opening bell as investors continue to ignore shutdown Updated 12 mins ago Wall Street nudged past yesterday’s record highs in early trading as investors continue to shrug off the U.S. government shutdown, now in its third day. Futures for S&P 500, Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average all added 0.2% before the bell Friday. All three closed at record levels on Thursday, boosted by gains of chipmakers and artificial intelligence companies. The government shutdown means this week’s report on jobless claims was not issued. An even more consequential report, the monthly tally of job gains and losses across the economy that usually comes out the first Friday of every month, will also not arrive on schedule.