Equities New York Close: Dow at its highest level since mid-September

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The start of the new week was successful on the US stock exchanges. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial (Dow Jones 30 Industrial) rose 1.34 percent to 31,499.62 points, its highest level since mid-September. He continued the significant gains from Friday. The Dow has already recovered by almost ten percent from the low for the year in the middle of this month.

The market-wide S&P 500 gained 1.19 percent to 3797.34 points. The NASDAQ 100, which is dominated by technology stocks, rose by 1.06 percent to 11,430.26 points after initial losses./bek/he

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