The S&P industrials sector added 0.2 per cent as data showed new orders for key U.S.-made capital goods increased more than expected in August.
Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, Alphabet Incand Facebook Inc, which together have fueled Wall Street's rally since the pandemic slammed markets in March, all rose more than 1 per cent
All that happened in the markets today
The S&P 500 rose 54.19 points, or 1.54 per cent, to 3,580.84. The Nasdaq Composite Index increased 116.78 points, or 0.98 percent, to 12,056.44
It's not the first time that there's only been one oil and gas company in the Dow
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the White House and top Democrats in Congress may not be able to reach a deal on coronavirus aid
Ultra-low interest rates, trillions of dollars in stimulus and, more recently, a better-than-feared second-quarter earnings season have allowed all three of Wall Street's main indexes to recover
Investors also fretted ahead of high-profile earnings reports and expiration of enhanced employment benefits
The quarterly results announcement by Reliance Industries and HDFC will be the major market mover today. Analysts expect a dent in RIL's retail and energy verticals in the June quarter
At the end of its two-day policy meeting the Fed said it maintained its interest rate target range until it is confident the economy has weathered the virus
Of the 163 S&P 500 firms that have reported results, 79.1 per cent have surpassed a low bar of quarterly profit expectations, according to Refinitiv IBES data
The expiry of derivative contracts of the July series tomorrow may keep today's session volatile
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 55.32 points, or 0.21 per cent, at the open to 26,529.45
A total of 132 companies, including UltraTech Cement, Nestle India, and IDBI Bank, are scheduled to announce their results today
For the second day in a row, the tech sector weighed heaviest on all three major US stock averages
Today, a total of 71 companies including ITC, Asian Paints, and Ambuja Cements are scheduled to announce their quarterly results
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time in nearly four months, a report from the Labor Department showed
US drugmaker Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech reported additional data from their experimental Covid-19 vaccine that showed it was safe and induced an immune response in patients
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 367.22 points, or 1.38 per cent
Largest US lender JP Morgan Chase & Co was up 0.2% after it posted a smaller-than-expected 51% drop in second-quarter profit.