US stock indices closed with growth on the eve of elections
Leading US stock indexes rose on Monday in waiting for the presidential elections in the United States. At the end of the day, the Dow Jones added 1.60%, S & amp; P 500 1.23%, NASDAQ 0.42%. The election of the new head of the United States will take place today. Players expect that the winner will be determined unambiguously, experts say. In a number of states, the favorite among the main part population was not identified, but in others, according to the results of surveys Joe Biden leads. Under these conditions, investors believe that an unambiguous outcome of the elections will already be a plus, the agency reports Reuters comments by Cherry Lane Investments partner Rick Mekler. The players' optimism was also supported by the release of economic data. According to statistics released on Monday, the ISM index, reflecting the level of business activity in the industrial sector, in October rose to 59.3 points. It exceeded analysts' forecasts, expecting it at the level of 55.8 p.