12:00 PM Flash: S&P 500 Hits Fresh Highs as Earnings Week Kicks Off

Twelve PM Flash. Good afternoon everyone, I'm Miss Vicky. Here is your live market snapshot at twelve o'clock. The S&P five hundred is trading at seven thousand four hundred seventy three point forty seven, up forty point five or zero point five four percent. Gold is currently at four thousand five hundred twenty three dollars. WTI oil is sitting at ninety six point sixty. Bitcoin is at seventy five thousand four hundred forty six dollars. This morning we are seeing broad based buying with the S&P pushing to fresh all time highs as investors look ahead to a big earnings week headlined by Salesforce and Dell. The economic calendar remains light, allowing traders to focus squarely on corporate results and forward guidance. In other news, billionaire investor interest is growing in the rare earth sector, though one new report cautions that USA Rare Earth's strategic importance may not automatically translate into attractive equity returns. On a lighter note, social media is buzzing after Alix Earle appeared to hint at her rumored connection with Tom Brady while revealing her rather taboo dating preference. This is Miss Vicky from the Options Desk at VixShield, where it's not news till we talk about it. Stay with us as Russell Clark joins with more analysis.