NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial stocks boosted the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials to record highs on Thursday after JPMorgan's strong quarterly results, while upbeat economic data cemented bets that the current rally on Wall Street can chug along.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 132.44 points, or 0.72 percent, to 18,504.56, the S&P 500 gained 11.16 points, or 0.52 percent, to 2,163.59 and the Nasdaq Composite added 28.33 points, or 0.57 percent, to 5,034.06.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Nick Zieminski)