Fireworks indeed record closes on the short and trading day with the

S&P 500 and the NASDAQ both climbing throughout the session boosted by

salad games for Tesla and NVIDIA that is the scorecard on Wall Street

but the action is just getting started.

Welcome to a special edition of Closing Bell overtime.

I'm Morgan Brennan with John Fort. Yeah call it double

overtime we are with you for the next hour and a half as we get you set for the

release of the Fed minutes at 2 p.m. Eastern we got a panel of experts ready to

break down the latest messaging from the Fed.

Plus, the CEO of Mediterranean restaurant chain, Kava joins us exclusively.

With his read on consumer spending with Kava stock more than doubling so far just this year.

And AI drove venture capital funding to its highest level in two years last quarter.

That's according to new data out today.

We're going to talk to venture capitalists for Sean Williams

about the names he's most excited about right now. But let's begin with our

market panel as we set fresh record closes for both the S&P 500 and the

NASDAQ joining us now Barbara Duran of B. D Partners and Tim Urbanowitz of Innovation ETFs.

It's great to have you both here. Barb, I'm going to start with you.

I mean, it almost seems like I realize lower volumes today,

holiday shortened session, not necessarily a lot

to propel the market in a bigger way,

perhaps until Friday when we get jobs report.

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