US stocks give up most of the earlier gains but still close higher

• The Dow industrial average has extended its winning streak to 5 trading days. 
• The Dow is 2% from its all-time high
• The S&P is up 4 of the last 5 trading days. 
• The S&P is less than 1% from the all-time high
• The up one day, down the next for the Nasdaq index is on day 10.Today was an up day (tomorrow lower?).  
• Energy is a best-performing sector as crude oil rallies to the highest level in 2 1/2 years.

The Meme frenzy continued today with:

• AMC shares up 95% on the day
• Bed Bath & Beyond rose 62.11%
• Blackberry rose 31.92%
• GameStop up 13.34%

The closes for the day are showing:

• S&P index rose 6.10 points or +0.15% at 4208.14
• NASDAQ index rose 19.85 points or 0.14% at 13756.33.
• Dow rose 25.07 points or 0.07% at 34600.38
• Russell 2000 rose 3.09 points or 0.13% at 2297.83

At the highs and lows for the day, 

• The S&P was up 15.32 points and down -3.78 points
• The Nasdaq was up 39.41 points and down -46.74 points
• The Dow was up 131.34 points and down -29.35 points