The US markets ended higher on Monday, extending the strong upward move seen in the previous session, as traders remain hopeful about a US-China trade agreement, with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross expressing optimism phase one of a trade deal could be signed this month. Ross said ‘we are in good shape, we are making good progress, and there is no natural reason why it couldn't be.’ Ross called the phase one agreement particularly complicated and acknowledged it is always possible the signing of the deal could slip a little bit. Ross also said licenses for US firms to sell components to China's Huawei Technologies would be coming very shortly. All three equity benchmarks hit all-time intraday highs. The last time the three major indexes ended at record highs on the same day was July 15.
Besides, a third-quarter earnings season that has been better than feared buoyed sentiment on markets. Of the 356 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported third-quarter earnings so far, 75.8% have reported earnings per share that exceeded street estimates, above the average 65% beat rate since 1994, putting the index on pace for an overall decline in earnings of 0.8%, up from a predicted 2.2% contraction on October 1.
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 114.75 points or 0.42 percent to 27462.11, Nasdaq gained 46.80 points or 0.56 percent to 8433.20 and S&P 500 was up by 11.36 points or 0.37 percent to 3078.27.
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