On Thursday, the S&P 500 jumped 1.7% to 5,713.64 for one of its best days of the year and topped its last all-time high set in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average leaped 1.3% to 42,025.19, and the Nasdaq composite led the market with a 2.5% spurt to 18,013.98.

U.S. stocks are drifting in early trading after leaping to records the day before as part of a worldwide rally. The S&P 500 was down 0.2% Friday but still on

U.S. stock indexes are drifting near their records as Wall Street gears up for the most anticipated meeting of the Federal Reserve in years. The S&P 500 was edging up