Stocks New York: Stock exchange celebrates Biden and relies on corona vaccine – Dow record

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The victory of the Democrat Joe Biden in the US presidential election and a possible breakthrough in the search for a vaccine against the corona virus set new records on the US stock exchanges at the beginning of the week. The leading index Dow Jones Industrial and the broad S&P 500 soared to highs in the first few minutes of trading on Monday.

The Dow Jones Industrial climbed 4.5 percent to 29,608 points and barely missed the 30,000 mark. Before regular trading, the Dow was temporarily indexed over 30,000 points. The S&P 500 rose 3.2 percent to 3622 points. The technology-heavy Nasdaq 100, however, lagged behind and was 0.14 percent in the red at 12 074 points. / Bek / he

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