(Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 index on Wednesday rose to its highest level ever, breaking a record that had stood since October 2007.
The S&P 500 earlier hit 1,567.10 to break its previous all-time intraday high by 0.01 point.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 57 points or 0.39 percent, to 14,730.46 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 16.11 points or 0.5 percent, to 3,253.96.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
