The $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$rose 0.5% during Thursday's regular session and notched its sixth-straight record close, finishing above 4,300 for the first time at 4,319.94. The $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$was higher by 131 points to close at 34,633.53, while the tech-heavy $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ticked up about 0.1% to 14,522.38.
Those gains added to already-robust 2021 market returns.
U.S. investors await the Labor Department's all-important monthly jobs report
The jobs report on Friday will show how many payrolls American employers...