FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a stock quotation board outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
However, that sentiment faded after Treasury Secretary Mnuchin later asked the Federal Reserve to return money earmarked under the March pandemic relief act for emergency lending to businesses, nonprofits and local governments. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.44% in early trading, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures rose 0.22%. Japan’s Nikkei opened 0.6% lower.Investor sentiment was also tinged by data that showed COVID-19 hospitalizations across the U.S. jumped by nearly 50% in the last two weeks, threatening the recovery of the world’s largest economy as cities and states began to impose lockdowns.
All three major stock indexes, however, got a healthy boost after Schumer said he had agreed with McConnell to allow their staff to begin meetings for “a real good COVID relief bill.”
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