Wall Street held another volatile trading session on Monday, ultimately ending the day with gains following the Federal Reserve's announcement that it will begin purchasing individual corporate bonds in part of its coronavirus relief effort. Earlier in the session, stocks traded lower as market participants traded with sour sentiment due to an anticipated second wave of coronavirus restrictions in parts of the United States.
Here's how the market settled to start the trading week:
S&P 500 Index
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Nasdaq Composite Index
In Major Stock News, investment banks--Bank of America
In Stock Sectors News, even sector joined in on the late trade rally following the Fed's announcement. The performance gains were as follows: Financials +1.38%, Consumer Staples +1.06%, real Estate +1.01%, Communication Services +1.00%, Materials +0.93%, Industrials +0.93%, Consumer Discretionary +0.87%, Information Technology +0.87%, Utilities +0.63%, Health Care +0.18% and Energy +0.09%.
In Commodity and Currency News, crude oil futures shook off their demand concerns and settled slightly higher on Monday. West Texas Intermediate
For Tuesday, market participants will trade based on data from U.S. retail and industrial production as well as coronavirus headlines. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is also set to testify before Congress on the central bank's monetary policy.