DOW JONES CROSSES HISTORIC 30,000-MARK

Highlights

• The markets were driven by vaccine optimism along with the reports of the U.S. President-elect Joe Biden finalizing the name of former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as the US Treasury secretary

• The benchmark S&P 500 index surged 1.5 percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was up by 0.9 percent with all 11 of the major sectors going upwards

• The S&P CoreLogic Case-....