- Title: Upbeat earnings reports boost Wall Street
- Date: 15th October 2019
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 15, 2019) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) TACTICALINCOME.COM CO-FOUNDER, JEFF TOMASULO, SAYING: "All this negativity that we've had in the market, we've seen it, everybody's saying it's going to come out in earnings because of the trade war and the slowing of the economy, the recession. You know, we saw low interest rates. So that's an indication that we were going to go... we saw an inversion in the yields, that means we're gonna go into a recession. I think by watching to see how these companies perform in this quarter, I think it's going to be key for, obviously, I think going into the end of the year."
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- Keywords: Wall Street third-quarter reporting season earnings reports equities market U.S. stocks
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Economic Events,Equities Markets
- Reuters ID: LVA002B17HSB1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Wall Street advanced on Tuesday (October 15) as third-quarter reporting season hit with a spate of upbeat earnings reports that brought buyers back to the equities market.
All three major U.S. stock averages gained ground in a broad-based rally, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hitting their highest closing level in more than three weeks.
Adding to positive geopolitical developments, investors welcomed news that Britain and the European Union could reach a deal in time for a leaders' summit this week.
Major financial firms JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. all posted results, as did healthcare giants Johnson & Johnson and UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Among the big banks, JPMorgan Chase stock hit a record high after it handily beat estimates on bond trading and underwriting strength. Its shares were last up 3.0%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 237.64 points, or 0.89%, to 27,025, the S&P 500 gained 29.49 points, or 0.99%, to 2,995.64 and the Nasdaq Composite added 100.06 points, or 1.24%, to 8,148.71.
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