Stocks Touch Record Highs: Full Wednesday Visual Recap

Stocks hit record highs because you know, "sacred cow" and also because of some reassuring words from the President... After a day in which it spent some time in double-digits, the VIX stayed at a 9-handle all day: Oil rose to a near six-week high after the EIA report showed crude and product stockpiles fell last week with gasoline supplies falling to the lowest level since December. Of course crude production rose. U.S. crude inventories drew 4.73m bbl last week - that compares to the 1