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
Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc, which together fuelled a Wall Street rally since a coronavirus-driven crash in March, rose between 0.3% and 0.9% in early deals
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.25% while Japan's Nikkei advanced 0.35%
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Virtually every constituency in the market has gotten more bullish as the S&P 500 surged 52% in five months
The United States and Moderna announced the agreement for 100 million doses of its potential Covid-19 vaccine late on Tuesday
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
Most money managers are wary of cutting equity exposure too drastically in a market that has rallied more than 40% since late March
Investors also fretted ahead of high-profile earnings reports and expiration of enhanced employment benefits
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 Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 152.27 points, or 0.57%, at the open to 26,833.14, and the S&P 500 opened higher by 16.68 points, or 0.51%, at 3,268.52.
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
Netflix's shares fell 7.2% after it forecast slower-than-expected subscriber growth during the third quarter and weighed the most on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 39.91 points, or 0.15%, at the open to 26,774.62.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 123.53 points, or 0.46 per cent, at the open to 26,746.57
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 59.88 points, or 0.23 per cent
A sharp jump in Covid-19 cases recently in the United States has cast a shadow over the strong rally in stocks as many states have curtailed their reopening plans
The company's shares opened at $50.06 on the New York Stock Exchange
While the S&P 500 fell 2.15% in early trading on Friday, Dow Jones declined 2.7% and Nasdaq slipped 2.3%