Stock market today: Wall Street drifts higher; Dow has its first close above 40,000

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3 per cent to close above 40,000 points for the first time on Friday.

U.S. stocks drifted to a mostly higher close on Wall Street, marking their fourth winning week in a row. The S&P 500 rose 0.1 per cent Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3 per cent to close above 40,000 points for the first time. It briefly traded above that level a day earlier. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.1 per cent.

Such moves can dilute the holdings of current shareholders, and it follows a similar move by AMC Entertainment. After its stock price also got caught up in a rocket ride, the movie-theater chain said earlier this week it would issue nearly 23.3 million shares of stock to wipe out some debt. Much of the whipsaw action for it and GameStop was more the result of enthusiasm among investors than any announcement that would change the companies' profit prospects.

The federal funds rate is sitting at its highest level in more than two decades, and a cut would goose investment prices and remove some of the downward pressure on the economy. Inflation is still higher than the Fed would like, and Bank of America's Michael Gapen still expects the Fed to hold its main interest rate steady until cutting in December.

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