 Thank you, Rhonda. News time now, 12 minutes after 6 on this July 3rd, 2024. A look at the Wednesday morning market watch. Asian shares are trading mostly higher after Tesla zoomed upward, helping drive the U.S. stock market to more records. Benchmarks rose today in Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney, and Hong Kong, but fell in Shanghai. At the closing bell yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 1%.