More than 15 long months of waiting ended Monday when the Standard & Poor's 500 closed at a new high, finally eclipsing its old record in May 2015 and giving investors reason to hope there are even more gains ahead.

After 13 months in which the S&P 500 Index twice plunged into corrections and daily volatility surged, the benchmark gauge for American equity just rebounded back into record territory, rising 0.3 percent Monday to surpass the previous high of 2,130.82 ...

The S&P 500 may have struck an all-time intraday high on Monday, but Wells Fargo Investment Institute's Paul Christopher believes more buying opportunities will crop up in the second half of the year.

Contrary to popular opinion, the S&P 500's recent breakout to new highs should embolden investors, not scare them, analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said.

The shift comes as the S&P 500 SPX, +0.34% hit an intraday record of 2,141.30 and closed at a record 2,137.16, surpassing its previous all-time high of 2,130.82 set May 21, 2015.

The S&P 500 finished at a record high Monday as investors bought stocks amid a reinvigorated appetite for assets perceived as risky following a surprisingly strong jobs report last Friday.

The latest upswing in the S&P 500 caps a volatile year for the world's biggest equity market. The S&P dropped sharply in value during the first six weeks of the year on concerns over weaker global growth and also erased a trillion dollars of value in ...

The market has had a rough ride in the year since the S&P 500's last record. Investors have been rattled by lower oil prices, falling corporate earnings, fears of possible interest-rate increases, slowing growth in China, and, most recently, the U.K.

It's time to take a bullish stance on stocks, argues Jonathan Krinsky at MKM Partners, citing the S&P scoring its first 52-week high in over a year.

NEW DELHI: You can almost hear the rising decibels from the trading floors of the New York Stock Exchange! Those are rallying cries of US traders, who have just seen their equity indices breach the all-time high levels after a year-long struggle.