Stock Market rally continues as investors watch U.S. election coverage
Investors are watching a U.K. election debate on TV as markets open, and they are also looking to the stock market for more clues.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.08% is closing up 3.1% and the S&P 500 SPX, +1.07% is up 2.3%.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +2.23% is on track for its first four-day gain in almost three weeks.
The broader S&p 500 index SPXG, +3.00% is down 4.7%.
The Dow is up about 14% so far this year.
The S&s is up 5.5%.
The S&pples gain is largely due to an upsurge in the U.T.O. markets, which are often used to gauge how stocks are performing.
U.N. officials say the U-T.o. markets have been in a period of sharp volatility, with the dollar down by as much as $1.60 since the end of March.
U-turns on trade deals are also helping fuel market gains.
A day earlier, the S.&.
P. is up 8.4%.
The index was up 4.2% on Tuesday.
On Thursday, the Uptown Stock Exchange said the stock index will open at 2,000 points, down from 2,500 points at the start of the day.
The index closed down 1.9% to 2,876.
