All three major indexes increased more than 1% in midday trading in the first session following the midterm elections.
The S&P 500 increased 1.5% to 2,751.88.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.3% to 25,983.56.
The Nasdaq climbed 2% to 7,529.48.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond fell 0.6% to 3.19%.
The price of gold was up 0.3% to $1,230.
RESTAURANTS
Habit Restaurants Inc. (Nasdaq: HABT) in Irvine was down 4% to $15.16 and a $393 million market cap. Shares in the fast casual burger chain were trading at nearly half their daily average.
TECHNOLOGY
Alteryx Inc. (NYSE: AYX) jumped 8% to $57.83 and a $3.5 billion market cap. The Irvine-based data analytics software maker is reporting third quarter financials after the close of intraday trading.
