While you were sleeping: Equities lift on oil, data

While you were sleeping: Equities lift on oil, data
By Margreet Dietz Nov. 6 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street rose, pushing the Dow to a record high, as the price of oil rebounded and Republicans won control of the Senate. In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.53 percent, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained 0.47 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite Index added 0.11 percent.  The Dow rose as shares of Visa climbed, last up 3.2 percent. The index touched a record high 17,485.65 earlier in the session.  "It had looked like some of the races would be ver...