The US markets rallied on Friday as investors welcomed solid company earnings reports and an encouraging update on trade talks between the US and China. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said the U.S. and China have made progress toward finalizing a phase one trade deal. Moreover, the upbeat comments about the trade talks added to the positive sentiment seen in reaction to the latest batch of earnings.
On the U.S. economic front, revised data released by the University of Michigan showed consumer sentiment improved by slightly less than initially estimated in the month of October. The report said the consumer sentiment index for October was downwardly revised to 95.5 from the preliminary reading of 96.0. Economists had expected the index to be unrevised. Despite the downward revision, the consumer sentiment index for October was still up from the final September reading of 93.2.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 152.53 points or 0.57 percent to 26,958.06, Nasdaq gained 57.32 points or 0.70 percent to 8,243.12 and S&P 500 was up by 12.26 points or 0.41 percent to 3,023.55.
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