President Donald Trump making stock market history may serve as an ominous short-term warning for investors, but the long-term upward trajectory for equities remains firmly intact.

At the closing bell on the first trading day of the second Trump administration, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.2% to 44,025. The broad-based S&P 500 was up 0.9% to 6,049. And the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.6% to 19,756.

Is the Stock Market Going to Soar Under President Donald Trump (as It Did During His First Term)? Here's What History Has to Say.

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies

U.S. stocks rose after more companies said they made bigger profits at the end of last year than analysts expected and as Treasury yields eased.

Markets are pointing higher on the first day of trading under the second administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

US stocks ticked higher but currencies swung a day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, as investors weighed further tariff threats from the new president against an absence of day one actions. The S&P 500 was up 0.