US close: Major indices extend early Q4 relief rally.


Wall Street stocks closed higher on Tuesday, extending solid gains recorded in the first session of Q4.

New York Stock Exchange

Source: Sharecast

At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2.80% at 30,316.32, while the S&P 500 was 3.06% firmer at 3,790.93 and the Nasdaq Composite saw out the session 3.34% stronger at 11,176.41.

The Dow closed 825.43 points higher on Tuesday, with the blue-chip index continuing to do its best to reclaim some of Q3's heavy losses yet again.

Optimism over the state of foreign markets has driven the Street's relief rally thus far, with the US dollar continuing to surge, however broader market trends will likely be directed by decisions from the Federal Reserve as the central bank looks to continue to battle inflation.

The yield on the benchmark ten-year Treasury note fell to roughly 3.618% at the end of trading, down from over 4% at one point during the previous week, while its two-year counterpart was also lower at 4.076%.

On the macro front, factory orders were virtually unchanged in August, dropping less than $100.0m to $548.4bn, according to the Census Bureau.

Elsewhere, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that the number of job openings in the US decreased by 10.1m in August, down from a downwardly revised print of 11.2m in July and short of expectations for a reading of 10.77m.

No major corporate earnings were slated for release on Tuesday.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Dow Jones - Risers

Boeing Co. (BA) $133.51 5.92%
Salesforce.Com Inc. (CRM) $155.84 5.29%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) $314.87 5.25%
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) $179.63 4.91%
JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) $112.77 4.68%
Walt Disney Co. (DIS) $101.46 4.44%
Chevron Corp. (CVX) $157.63 3.89%
American Express Co. (AXP) $145.46 3.89%
Nike Inc. (NKE) $88.64 3.79%
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) $248.88 3.38%

Dow Jones - Fallers

Dowdupont Inc. (DWDP) $0.00 0.00%
Honeywell International Inc. (HON) $0.00 0.00%
Coca-Cola Co. (KO) $56.78 0.23%
Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) $88.39 0.96%
Amgen Inc. (AMGN) $233.02 1.12%
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) $130.10 1.24%
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) $41.82 1.28%
Walmart Inc. (WMT) $134.25 1.30%
McDonald's Corp. (MCD) $238.50 1.34%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) $165.62 1.48%

S&P 500 - Risers

Twitter Inc (TWTR) $52.00 22.24%
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NCLH) $13.32 16.84%
Royal Caribbean Cr (RCL) $43.85 16.65%
Carnival Corp. (CCL) $7.76 13.28%
Illumina Inc. (ILMN) $205.06 9.52%
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN) $70.74 9.49%
Delta Airlines Inc. (DAL) $30.74 8.81%
American Airlines Group (AAL) $12.93 8.64%
Macerich Co (MAC) $8.73 8.18%
Expedia Group Inc. (EXPE) $102.10 8.16%

S&P 500 - Fallers

Welltower Inc (WELL) $64.38 -1.53%
Teleflex Inc. (TFX) $206.25 -1.08%
Dollar General Corp (DG) $245.19 -0.56%
Essex Prty Trust Inc. (ESS) $245.60 -0.52%
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. (ULTA) $403.95 -0.20%
Mid Amer Apt Commun (MAA) $158.36 -0.10%
Duke Realty Corp. (DRE) $48.20 0.00%
Citrix Systems Inc. (CTXS) $103.90 0.00%
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALXN) $0.00 0.00%
Viacom Inc. Class B (VIAB) $0.00 0.00%

Nasdaq 100 - Risers

Qurate Retail Inc. (QRTEA) $2.25 10.19%
Illumina Inc. (ILMN) $205.06 9.52%
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN) $70.74 9.49%
American Airlines Group (AAL) $12.93 8.64%
Expedia Group Inc. (EXPE) $102.10 8.16%
Asml Holdings N.V. (ASML) $465.11 7.74%
Mercadolibre Inc. (MELI) $948.25 7.47%
Western Digital Corp. (WDC) $36.46 7.08%
Align Technology Inc. (ALGN) $229.91 6.62%
Paypal Holdings Inc (PYPL) $92.79 6.43%

Nasdaq 100 - Fallers

Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. (ULTA) $403.95 -0.20%
Citrix Systems Inc. (CTXS) $103.90 0.00%
Shire Plc Ads (SHPG) $0.00 0.00%
Xilinx Inc. (XLNX) $0.00 0.00%
Cerner Corp. (CERN) $0.00 0.00%
Mylan Inc. (MYL) $0.00 0.00%
Celgene Corp. (CELG) $0.00 0.00%
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALXN) $0.00 0.00%
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (MXIM) $0.00 0.00%
Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR) $142.15 0.35%

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