The US markets ended higher on Monday after the House of Representatives passed infrastructure bill. The US House of Representatives passed a more than $1 trillion infrastructure bill, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature. First passed by the Senate in August, the package would provide new funding for transportation, utilities and broadband, among other infrastructure projects. The passage of the infrastructure stimulus, an improving Covid situation in the US and a better-than-expected labor market reading boosted investors' confidence in the economic recovery. However, upside remained capped traders seemed reluctant to make more significant moves amid some uncertainty about the near-term outlook for the markets following the recent upward trend.
A lack of major US economic data also kept some traders on the sidelines ahead of the release of reports on producer and consumer prices and consumer sentiment in the coming days. On the sectoral front, Steel stocks moved sharply higher on the news of the long-awaited approval of the infrastructure bill, resulting in a 2.6 percent jump by the NYSE Arca Steel Index. Significant strength was also visible among oil service stocks, as reflected by the 1.8 percent gain posted by the Philadelphia Oil Service Index. The advance by oil service stocks came amid an increase by the price of crude oil, with crude for December delivery climbing $0.66 to $81.93 a barrel. Semiconductor stocks also turned in a strong performance on the day, driving the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index up by 1.3 percent.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 104.27 points or 0.29 percent to 36,432.22, Nasdaq rose 10.77 points or 0.07 percent to 15,982.36 and S&P 500 was up by 4.17 points or 0.09 percent to 4,701.7.
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