Global stock markets on record-hitting spree

Robust figures: A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The S&P 500 has set 24 new all-time highs in 2024 after going two years without one, as US stocks have been on a US$12 trillion rally since late October. — AFP

NEW YORK: From New York to London to Tokyo, if there’s one similarity among the world’s equity markets it’s this: record highs.

Of the world’s 20 largest stock markets, 14 have hit all-time highs recently.