- Title: Wall Street rises on earnings, geopolitical encouragement
- Date: 17th October 2019
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 17, 2019) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) THOMSON REUTERS STOCKS BUZZ, ANALYST, TERENCE GABRIEL, SAYING: "Well, it seems as if, you know, Brexit has been in the background for so long, and an expectation that perhaps there would be ultimately a deal that would come to fruition. Looks like we have a preliminary deal developing, so the market may be sort of moving on to some of these other issues, which is very, very important."
- Embargoed: 31st October 2019 20:05
- Keywords: New York Stock Exchange NYSE closing bell economy jobs equities
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Economic Events,Equities Markets
- Reuters ID: LVA002B1HMG7H
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Wall Street advanced on Thursday (October 17) as investor sentiment was buoyed by a string of corporate earnings beats and encouraging geopolitical developments.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 25.90 points, or 0.09%, to 27,025.88, the S&P 500 gained 8.35 points, or 0.28%, to 2,998.04 and the Nasdaq Composite added 32.67 points, or 0.4%, to 8,156.85.
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