US markets settle higher after Trump cleared to leave hospital after 3-night stay

06 Oct 2020 Evaluate

The US markets ended higher on Monday amid positive reports about President Donald Trump's health after he was rushed to Walter Reed hospital on Friday. Trump said he is getting great reports from the doctors regarding his battle with the coronavirus. He said Monday afternoon that he would be discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, following a three-night stay. A key driver for US stocks was hope that experimental drugs used to treat Trump for COVID-19 might become more widely available to the public during the pandemic than expected. Buying interest was also generated following the release of a report from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) showing activity in the US service sector unexpectedly grew at a faster rate in the month of September.

The ISM said its services PMI rose inched up 57.8 in September from 56.9 in August, with a reading above 50 indicating growth in the service sector. Street had expected the index to edge down to 56.3. The unexpected uptick by the headline was partly due to an acceleration in the pace of growth in new orders, as the new orders index jumped to 61.5 in September from 56.8 in August. The report also showed a turnaround in employment in the service sector, with the employment index climbing to 51.8 in September from 47.9 in August. Meanwhile, the report showed a slowdown in the pace of price growth in the sector, as the prices index slumped to 59.0 in September from 64.2 in August.

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 465.83 points or 1.68 percent to 28,148.64, Nasdaq gained 257.47 points or 2.32 percent 11,332.49 and S&P 500 was up by 60.19 points or 1.8 percent to 3,408.63.

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