The stock market closes early on Thursday and remains closed on Friday, July 4. While American celebrate the Fourth of July, financial markets are taking a long weekend as well. The New York Stock ...

The Nasdaq jumped 207.97 points (1%) to 20,601.10, the S&P 500 advanced 51.93 points (0.8%) to 6,279.35 and the Dow climbed 344.11 points (0.7%) to 44,828.53.