Wall Street jumps after Biden's Super Tuesday surge

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Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS MARCH 4, 2020 / 8:06 AM / UPDATED 7 MINUTES AGO

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks jumped more than 2% moments after the open on Wednesday as investors cheered Joe Biden’s surprise lead in the Democratic primaries.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 466.27 points, or 1.80%, at the open to 26,383.68. The S&P 500 .SPX opened higher by 42.38 points, or 1.41%, at 3,045.75. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 150.01 points, or 1.73%, to 8,834.10.

Reporting by Sanjana Shivdas in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-jumps-after-bidens-super-tuesday-surge-idUSKBN20R1WM

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Yeah, I guess they would..............................in more ways than one.....................

[titaniumsalute]

1. When Trump's buddy Murdoch's paper points this out...Twitler must be toilet raging this morn

[rwsanders]

2. Wall Street. Not surprised a bit.

[nycbos]

3. I think we are going to see wild swings in both directions in the near term.

[hellno45]

4. Someone just has to fart now days and the market will swing one way or the other

it will be short lived when the real economic damage is seen from covid & the the debt based economy.

[sandensea]

5. Well, if it's Cheeto that would do it

[Odoreida]

6. It goes up it goes down blah blah blah ...

Please stop looking for omens.

[PatSeg]

7. Maybe the stock market

likes signs of stability. It probably won't last because of the coronavirus though.

[Javaman]

8. don't worry, the orange asshole will claim it's his genius and calming effects upon society that...

created the market jump.

just wait.

[duforsure]

9. Isn't that funny what happened,

trump spoke (lying) and the markets tanked on him, Biden did really great and the markets are soaring.

[yaesu]

10. according to CNBC Health insurance stocks are having their best day since 2009

guess they are feeling pretty safe.

[JudyM]

11. Yes, apparently health insurance stocks drove the rebound.

[pecosbob]

12. Wall Street loves Joe Biden and the status quo.

[Gothmog]

13. The Biden bounce

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