U.S. stock indexes are rising toward more records Wednesday after tech companies talked up how much artificial intelligence is boosting their results. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% in afternoon trading to add to what looks to be one of its best years of the millennium.

In the bond market, Treasury yields held relatively steady after a report showed U.S. employers were advertising slightly more job openings at the end of October than a month earlier. Continued strength there would raise optimism that the economy could remain out of a recession that many investors had earlier worried was inevitable.

Short-term interest rates are still high enough for you to get a yield of more than 4% on a savings account. But stocks with attractive dividend yields might also be appropriate for you, depending on your investment goals.

NEW YORK — Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid a mixed Monday of trading. The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday to post a record for the 54th time this year. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 128 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1%.

Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq leading declines, as technology stocks slumped on Thanksgiving eve on worries the Federal Reserve may be cautious about rate cuts after stubbornly strong U.

U.S. stocks keep rolling higher, and indexes rose Wednesday after tech companies talked up how much artificial intelligence is boosting their results.