Stock indexes closed higher on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Thursday, and the Nasdaq edged up 0.1%. It was the second all-time high in a row for the Nasdaq. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%. Cereal maker WK Kellogg jumped 30.6% after agreeing to be acquired by Ferrero Group.
ROME (AP) – Countries prepared to provide troops for a post-cease-fire force in Ukraine agreed to set up a headquarters in Paris for a rapid deployment after hostilities end in Russia’s war on its neighbor. A U.S. delegation was present for the first time at a meeting of the group on Thursday.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that he will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to boost import taxes by 50% over the South American country’s criminal trial against his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.