Broad S&P500 index rose 0.2 percent to a new record level, while the Dow Jones industrial index traded sideways and the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 0.1 percent.
The S&P500 index pushed a few points above the record level noted in January, despite concerns that US President Donald Trump could trigger a trade war that would hit corporate profits.
Investors, however, seem to be taking the risk with increasing calm, hoping that the president's threats are only part of a larger negotiating game with the US's trading partners, and that any American measures will prove to be less painful for the markets and the economy than feared.
