A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq touched their highest in over two weeks during the session after the Labor Department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed the number of job openings stood at 8.827 million in July, falling for the third straight month and signaling easing labor market pressures.
Interest rate futures signaled an 87% chance the Fed will keep rates steady at its September meeting and a 54% chance it will keep rates on hold through November, according the CME Group's FedWatch tool.
"Investors are of the mindset that 'You know what, maybe interest rate hikes are indeed behind us.
According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 64.39 points, or 1.45%, to end at 4,497.70 points, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) gained 239.36 points, or 1.74%, to 13,943.37.
Persons:
Carlo Allegri, Elliott, let's, Sam Stovall, Jerome Powell's, drugmaker, Shristi Achar, Noel Randewich, Shounak Dasgupta, Deepa Babington
Organizations:
New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Tesla, Nvidia, U.S . Federal Reserve, Nasdaq, Labor, CFRA Research, Dow Jones, Apple, Google, Elliott Investment Management, Verizon, Citi, PDD Holdings, Thomson
Locations:
New York, United States, U.S, Bengaluru, Oakland, Calif