Stock market today: Wall Street rises to more records to close out its latest winning month [Video]

BANGKOK – Wall Street set more records Thursday as U.S. stocks coasted to the close of their latest winning month and quarter.

The S&P 500 added 5.86 points, or 0.1%, to its all-time high set a day before and closed at 5,254.35. That sent its gain for the year’s first three months to a fat 10.2%. The only quarter that’s been better in the last two years was the one that came just before.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up by 47.29 points, or 0.1%, to 39,807.37 and likewise set a record. The Nasdaq composite dipped 20.06, or 0.1%, to 16,379.46. It’s just shy of its own all-time high.

The stock market has been on a nearly unstoppable run since late October, and the S&P 500 just capped its fifth straight winning month. It’s leaped as the U.S. economy has remained remarkably solid despite high interest rates meant to get …