The US markets ended higher on Tuesday with the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 reaching new record closing highs amid hopes Congress could make progress towards a new coronavirus aid package. Strength in the overseas markets carried over onto Wall Street following the release of upbeat Chinese manufacturing data. Further, continued optimism about a potential coronavirus vaccine also generated buying interest, with Pfizer and BioNTech applying to the European Medicines Agency for conditional marketing authorization of their vaccine. Meanwhile, traders largely shrugged off a report from the Institute for Supply Management showing a slowdown in the pace of growth in US manufacturing activity.
The ISM said its manufacturing PMI dropped to 57.5 in November from 59.3 in October, with a reading above 50 indicating growth in the manufacturing sector. Street had expected the index to dip to 58.0. A report released by the Commerce Department showed construction spending in the US increased by more than expected in the month of October. The Commerce Department said construction spending jumped by 1.3 percent to an annual rate of $1.439 trillion in October after falling by 0.5 percent to a revised rate of $1.420 trillion in September. Street had expected construction spending to climb by 0.8 percent compared to the 0.3 percent uptick originally reported for the previous month.
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 185.28 points or 0.63 percent to 29,823.92, Nasdaq gained 156.37 points or 1.28 percent to 12,355.11 and S&P 500 was up by 40.82 points or 1.13 percent 3,662.45.
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