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Dow rises and falls above 30,000

Dow rises and falls above 30,000


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Stocks rose sharply on Monday, thanks to greater strength Profits of major banks He sighed a sigh of relief over the new plans by the UK to Cancel the controversial tax cut plan.

The daw He won more than 550 pips, or 1.9%, and is back above 30,000 pips. Strong results from Bank of America

(buck)
BNY Mellon

(BK)
and Charles Schwab

(SCHW)
helped lift market sentiment.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Up 2.7%, heavy technology Nasdaq It rose 3.4%. It was a broad-based rally, with every stock in the Dow ending higher except Walgreens

(WBA)
. All eleven market sectors ended the day with gains. The three major market indices are now up for October as well.

Investors will focus on technology profits Coming later this week with Netflix

(NFLX)
Tesla

(TSLA)
and IBM

(IBM)
Because of the coming days. Tech stocks got a boost on Monday after the gaming giant Roblox It announced better-than-expected booking numbers for September, a measure of sales of its virtual currency Robux. Roblox is up 20% in this news.

Investors are closely watching third-quarter earnings for signs of a possible recession in the US. Traders are also keeping an eye on developments abroad, most notably in the UK.

Markets were rattled last week after the British pound fell in the wake of plans by the new Liz Truss government to cut taxes on the wealthy and businesses while also increasing spending on energy subsidies to help consumers deal with rising energy costs.

But Britain’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt backed away from many tax cuts in a stunning reversal on Monday. Sterling rebounded after that news, helping lift stocks in the process.

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