• MTS Futures News_AM_20180123

    23 Jan 2018 | SET News


• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 142.88 points, or 0.55 percent, to 26,214.6, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 22.67 points, or 0.81 percent, to 2,832.97 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 71.65 points, or 0.98 percent, to 7,408.03.

U.S. stocks advanced on Monday as each of Wall Street’s main scored records in the wake of a deal by U.S. senators to end the federal government shutdown.

Earnings growth of 12.4 percent is expected for the quarter, according to Thomson Reuters data. Of the 55 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings through Monday morning, 80 percent have topped expectations, well above the 72 percent beat rate for the past four quarters.

• Asian stocks advanced on Tuesday after U.S. senators struck a deal to end a three-day government shutdown, sending Wall Street’s main indexes to record highs and keeping the dollar well supported.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.2 percent to a fresh record peak.

Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.64 percent in early trade after closing barely in positive territory in the previous session. Automakers recorded gains in the early going: Toyota rose 0.48 percent, Honda jumped 1.66 percent and Mitsubishi Motors tacked on 2.28 percent. Technology names were also mostly higher, with SoftBank Group advancing 1 percent.


Reference: Reuters, CNBC

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