The Dow is heading for its third-straight triple-digit gain.

The S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite Index are also confidently higher, as investors weigh the latest jobless claims with an improving bank sector backdrop. 

The last day of 2022 is offering no reprieve to investors, with the major indexes still on track for their worst year since 2008, after months of persistent inflation and aggressive interest rate hikes.

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today.

The online brokerage's rapid expansion is in danger. The regulatory crackdown in China is continuing, this time, it's the Internet brokers' turn.