Stocks rise but bonds fall in trading before mid-term elections
Today, November 7, stocks rose before tomorrow’s mid-term elections. The Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 0.96%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher by 1.31%. The NASDAQ Composite rose 0.85% and the NASDAQ 100 added 1.11%. The small-cap Russell 2000 advanced 0.55%. Over on the bond side, the movement was in the opposite direction with bond prices falling and yields climbing.
