How major US stock indexes fared Monday 10/17/2022
The Associated Press
Stocks closed sharply higher on Wall Street, marking the latest about-face for a market that has been unsteadily lurching between gains and losses in recent weeks.
The S&P 500 jumped 2.6% Monday, more than recovering the ground it lost in a sell-off on Friday. The Dow added 1.9% and the Nasdaq climbed 3.4%.
Bank of America rallied after reporting earnings that beat forecasts. U.K. government bonds rallied following news that the country’s new Treasury chief was abandoning nearly all of a series of unfunded tax cuts that had upset markets.
On Monday:
The S&P 500 rose 94.88 points, or 2.6%, to 3,677.95.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 550.99 points, or 1.9%, to 30,185.82.
The Nasdaq rose 354.41 points, or 3.4%, to 10,675.80.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 53.35 point, or 3.2%, to 1,735.75.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is down 1,088.23 points, or 22.8%.
The Dow is down 6,152.48 points, or 16.9%.
The Nasdaq is down 4,969.17 points, or 31.8%.
The Russell 2000 is down 509.56 points, or 22.7%.
