'Normal' service returned to Wall Street overnight with the benchmark US indices all setting all-time highs on the eve of the US fourth quarter earnings season getting under way - Dow up +206-points or +0.81% to record its fastest run to a midpoint milestone in history, hitting 25,500 in just seven sessions. The broader S&P500 rose +0.70%, with the Energy sector (up +2%) leading the rally. The technology-centric NASDAQ gained +0.81%. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 index rose +1.73%. JP Morgan Chase & Co, Blackrock Inc and Wells Fargo are all slated to post fourth quarter earnings numbers tonight AEST. US equity markets are closed on Monday (15 January) for Martun Luther King Jnr. Day.
