US equity markets advanced in an abbreviated trading session ahead of the Independence Day holiday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hitting fresh record closing highs for the fourth time in the last five days as investors a stronger-than-expected jobs report - Dow rose +334-points or +0.77% to 44,828.53, falling just short of logging its first record closing high since December. American Express Co (up +1.03%), investment banks Goldman Sachs Inc (+1.09%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (+1.86%) and Nvidia Corp (+1.33%) all hit record highs.
