S&P 500 stands less than 10 points from a closing record midday, as stock market extends climb

The S&P 500 index is within a hair's breadth of its closing record, last hit in September, as a rebound in the health-care sector and gains in the consumer-discretionary sector take the broad-market benchmark to the brink of an all-time high. At last check, the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.58% was up 0.5%, or 15 points, at 2,924, just off its closing high at 2,930.75 closing high put in on Sept. 20. The health-care sector, as reflected in the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF XLV, +1.

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