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4:00 p.m. ET: Record high close for the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq

Here were the main market moves, as of the close at 4:00 p.m. ET:

• S&P 500 (^GSPC): 3,239.91, up 16.53 points or 0.51%

• Dow (^DJI): 28,621.39, up 105.94 points or 0.37%

• Nasdaq (^IXIC): 9,022.39, up 69.51 or 0.78%

• Crude oil (CL=F): $61.27 per barrel, up $0.58 or 0.95%

• Gold (GC=F): $1,516.00 per ounce, up $11.20 or 0.74%

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11:26 a.m. ET: Nasdaq 9,000

The tech heavy index briefly crossed the 9,000 mark for the first time ever.

Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is also trading at a record high 3,235.

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9:41: a.m. ET: S&P and Nasdaq set new record highs

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq set new intraday highs in early trading. The S&P 500 got as high as 3,231.05 and the Nasdaq touched 2,979.16.

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9:30 a.m. ET: Stocks open higher

Stocks opened higher across the board Thursday and continued their strong run headed into year-end.

Here were the main market moves, as of 9:30 a.m. ET:

• S&P 500 (^GSPC): +0.17%, or 5.36 points

• Dow (^DJI): +0.11%, or 30.96 points

• Nasdaq (^IXIC): +0.20%, or 18.23 points

• Crude oil (CL=F): +0.26% to $61.27 per barrel

• Gold (GC=F): +0.58% to $1,513.50 per ounce

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8:38 a.m. ET: #TBT last year’s epic rebound

Last December came with a major market selloff that sent the S&P 500 down 20.0% from its Sept. 21, 2018 intraday high of 2940.91 to its Dec. 24, 2018 intraday low of 2351.1.

Dec. 26 was the beginning of a major market comeback with the Dow jumping 1,086 points, it’s biggest single-day point gain in history.

Read more about it in Yahoo Finance’s Morning Brief.

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8:30 a.m. ET: Initial jobless claims fall

Weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 222,000, down from 235,000 a week ago. Economists were expecting the number to decline to 220,000.

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8:10 a.m. ET: Futures point higher following reports of holiday spending growth

U.S. stock futures indicted a higher open across the major indices Thursday, as stocks continue their strong run headed into year-end.

Here were the main pre-market moves, as of 8:05 a.m. ET:

• S&P futures (ES=F): +0.14%, or 4.50 points

• Dow futures (YM=F): +0.10%, or 27 points

• Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): +0.11%, or 9.75 points

• Crude oil (CL=F): +0.11% to $61.18 per barrel

• Gold (GC=F): +0.43% to $1,505.60 per ounce

With Christmas in the rearview mirror and the holiday shopping season drawing to a close, new data from Mastercard revealed total U.S. retail sales from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24 jumped 3.4% from the same period last year. Mastercard SpendingPulse tracks online and in-store purchases using all forms of payment. Shoppers preferred to use digital channels, with online sales surging 18.8% from last year and represented 14.6% of total sales. In-store sales rose a more modest 1.2%.