NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are getting back to rising on Wednesday, a day after breaking their seven-day winning streak , while the price of gold is pushing further past $4,000 per ounce .

The S&P 500 rose 0.4% and is on track to top its all-time high set on Monday . The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 79 points, or 0.2%, an hour into trading, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.7% higher.

Trading has been relatively muted recently following the U.S. government’s latest shutdown . That has delayed the release of several major economic reports that usually move the market. Stocks have been drifting without them or other signals to alter expectations for continued cuts to interest rates by the Federal Reserve , one of the major reasons the stock market has surged since

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