12:00 PM Flash: Markets Push Higher as S&P 500 Hits Fresh Record

12:00 PM Flash: Good afternoon everyone. The markets are pushing higher at midday with the S and P five hundred now at seventy four seventy three point forty seven, that's up forty point five points or zero point five four percent. Gold is trading at four thousand five hundred forty seven dollars. Crude oil is sitting at ninety eight dollars a barrel and Bitcoin is currently at seventy four thousand six hundred eighty three dollars. A breaking story this hour, China has successfully launched a three crew space mission as the country accelerates plans for a manned Moon landing by the end of this decade. The development is being watched closely by investors for its long term implications on technology and defense spending. In other news, Megyn Kelly is making waves after claiming that MAGA is now dying and has shrunk to just a tiny group of loyalists she compares to cult members. On a more personal note, one woman is opening up about walking away from her enviable life and husband to be with a woman, describing the electric moment that caused her built up desire to completely unravel her marriage. 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.