Dow logs longest winning streak in 4 years, sees highest close in 15 months

U.S. stocks finished higher on Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average clinched its eighth straight day in the green amid a flurry of corporate earnings reports. The blue-chip gauge
DJIA,
+0.31%
finished 108.88 points, or 0.3%, higher at 35,060.81, according to preliminary closing data from FactSet. It marked the first time that the Dow finished above 35,000 since April 20, 2022, and its longest winning streak since September 2019. The S&P 500
SPX,
+0.24%
gained 10.72 points, or 0.2%, to 4,565.69. The Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
+0.03%
gained 4.38 points, or less than 0.1%, to finish at 14,358.02, preliminary data show.