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French president Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrive for their bilateral meeting, on the second day of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. IMAGES
US stocks closed at record highs on Wednesday after President Joe Biden was sworn into office. Tech stocks drove the market following an optimistic earnings report from Netflix. According to Business Insider, the Netflix report sent shares soaring nearly 20%. Tech shares didn't stop with Netflix, Alphabet rose to an all-time high with a 6% surge. Alibaba climbed 7% after it's founder, Jack Ma, made an appearance in a videoconference. Ma had not been seen in public for months prior to the call. Gold rose 1.57% on the news of the 46th President's inauguration to $1,869.10 per ounce.
French President Emmanuel Macron chairs a meeting at the interministerial crisis centre, on the fourth day of containment deemed to be insufficiently respected by the population, and which could be be extended. IMAGES
The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke above 20,000 points at the New York Stock Exchange for the first time Wednesday morning, setting a new record on Wall Street. The second-oldest stock market index in the US nearly reached this landmark on two previous occasions before reaching the once evasive mark at the opening bell. At the trading day's closing bell, the index had set a record high of 20,068. The DJIA, also known as the Dow 30, measures the performance of the 30 largest publicly owned companies trading in the US. Apple, Goldman Sachs and ExxonMobil are among some of those companies.
As the clock ticks down to a Greek default, the Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem says it's "too late" for an extension of Athens' current bailout program. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Third time unlucky for the euro zone as the latest in a trio of meetings in the last week fails to cut a deal between Greece and its international creditors. As Ivor Bennett reports, euro zone leaders are now said to be eyeing a 'Plan B' in case of a default.