The Dow finished at a fresh record on Wednesday as Wall Street largely shrugged off unrest in Washington after angry supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol.[NEW YORK] The Dow finished at a fresh record on Wednesday as Wall Street largely shrugged off unrest in Washington after angry supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at 30,829.40, up 1.4 per cent, and the broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.6 per cent to close at 3,748.14.The siege on the Capitol followed a defiant speech from Mr Trump, who lambasted"weak" Republicans who would not support his efforts to overturn his election defeat urged supporters to have a"wild" protest, vowed,"we will never give up.
Soon after those words, members of Mr Trump's crowd broke through glass doors to storm the capital, prompting authorities to mobilise the National Guard as congressional Democrats condemned the siege by flag-waving fanatics as a"coup" or insurrection.
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