US markets end higher on Tuesday

01 Oct 2025 Evaluate

The US markets ended higher on Tuesday amid hopes that lawmakers will reach to a last-minute agreement to prevent government shutdown. Besides, traders largely shrugged off a Conference Board report showing a bigger than expected decrease by its reading on U.S. consumer confidence in the month of September. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index slid to 94.2 in September from an upwardly revised 97.8 in August. Meanwhile, the street had expected the consumer confidence index to dip to 96.0 from the 97.4 originally reported for the previous month. With the bigger than expected decrease, the consumer confidence index dropped to its lowest level since April 2025.

On the sectoral front, significant strength has been pharmaceutical stocks driving the NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical Index up by 3.7 percent to a six-month closing high. Pfizer (PFE) helped lead the sector higher, soaring by 6.8 percent after announcing an agreement with the Trump Administration the drug giant said will ensure U.S. patients pay lower prices for their prescription medicines. Further, biotechnology, computer hardware and networking stocks also saw considerable strength.

Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 81.82 points or 0.18 percent at 46,397.89, Nasdaq rose 68.86 points or 0.31 percent to 22,660.01 and S&P 500 climbed 27.25 points or 0.41 percent to 6,688.46.

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