STORY: U.S. stocks ended mostly higher on Wednesday, with the Dow little-changed, the S&P 500 gaining nearly half a percent and the Nasdaq adding almost 1%.News of a trade agreement between the U.S. and Vietnam helped ease concerns about an extended trade war.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Wednesday, boosted by gains in technology stocks and a trade agreement between the U.S. and Vietnam that eased concerns over prolonged trade tensions.

U.S. stocks ticked higher on Wednesday to hit another all-time high. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and set a record for the third time in four days.

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher ahead of a highly anticipated report about how the U.S. job market is holding up amid uncertainty about President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The S&P

Treasury yields were mixed in the bond market ahead of Thursday’s report, which will show how many jobs U.S. employers created and destroyed last month. The widespread expectation is that they hired more people than they fired but that the pace of hiring slowed from May.