The markets extended its gains during the midday with the Dow soaring 101 points to 20,273. Nasdaq gained 23 points to 5,738.
McDonald's will introduce a new snow crab sandwich at four restaurants in San Jose, California. The sandwich is made with snow crab meat that is mixed with mayonnaise then served on a sourdough bun with lettuce and tomatoes. Local chef and former Top Chef contestant Ryan Scott helped create the sandwich.
Toyota debuted new sports packages for its pickups and sport utility vehicles. Buyers of the 2018 Tundra TRD Sport pickup truck can choose between a 4x4 or 4x2 model in CrewMax or double cab configurations. The Sequoia TRD Sport SUV will also be available on 4x4 or 4x2 models and comes with specially tuned Bilstein shocks and anti-sway bars.
Facebook will provide additional information to media regulator Media Rating Council about its ad displays for an independent audit. In previous reports, Facebook only included video ads that were viewed for more than three seconds which overinflated its ad metrics. Now, the amount of time in milliseconds that an ad was displayed will be included in the data.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 5 to 2 on the NYSE and by 5 to 3 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 index gained 9 points to 2,317. Bitcoin climbed $8 to $974.
