US close: Dow closes above 43,000 points for the first time

(Sharecast News) - Major indices closed higher on Monday as market participants braced for a week packed with key Q3 corporate earnings. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.47% at 43,065.925, while the S&P 500 advanced 0.77% to 5,859.85 and the Nasdaq Composite saw out the session 0.87% stronger at 18,502.69.

The Dow closed 201.36 points lower on Monday, the blue chip's first time closing above the 43,000-point watermark, while the S&P 500 also closed at a fresh record.

This week's primary focus will be earnings from a number of the nation's biggest names in business, including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, Morgan Stanley, United Airlines, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Netflix and Procter & Gamble.

Also due out later in the week, September retail sales and industrial production figures will be published on Thursday, followed by housing starts and building permits numbers on Friday.

Bond markets were closed on Monday in observance of Columbus Day.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Dow Jones - Risers

Apple Inc. (AAPL) $231.30 1.65% McDonald's Corp. (MCD) $309.84 1.57% Travelers Company Inc. (TRV) $240.12 1.50% Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) $522.75 1.25% Unitedhealth Group Inc. (UNH) $605.40 1.23% Salesforce.Com Inc. (CRM) $291.64 1.23% Coca-Cola Co. (KO) $70.34 1.11% Visa Inc. (V) $280.68 1.02% Walt Disney Co. (DIS) $94.97 0.89% International Business Machines Corporation (CDI) (IBM) $235.26 0.86%

Dow Jones - Fallers

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) $9.00 -2.28% Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) $393.95 -2.01% Boeing Co. (BA) $148.99 -1.34% Amgen Inc. (AMGN) $324.62 -1.14% Nike Inc. (NKE) $81.60 -0.67% Intel Corp. (INTC) $23.44 -0.51% Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) $53.54 -0.45% JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) $221.48 -0.36% Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) $109.69 -0.04% Dowdupont Inc. (DWDP) $0.00 0.00%

S&P 500 - Risers

Under Armour Inc. Class A (UAA) $9.06 9.03% Under Armour, Inc. (UA) $8.39 6.47% Advance Auto Parts (AAP) $39.47 5.17% QUALCOMM Inc. (QCOM) $178.04 4.74% Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) $213.89 4.31% Humana Inc. (HUM) $267.60 3.69% Delta Airlines Inc. (DAL) $53.18 3.60% FMC Corp. (FMC) $62.73 3.41% Foot Locker Inc. (FL) $23.77 3.39% Lam Research Corp. (LRCX) $85.70 3.39%

S&P 500 - Fallers

VF Corp. (VFC) $19.36 -4.77% Dollar General Corp (DG) $79.76 -3.31% Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR) $66.80 -3.10% Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) $1.32 -2.94% Macy's Inc. (M) $15.38 -2.53% Albemarle Corp. (ALB) $99.60 -2.37% Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX) $48.86 -2.34% Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) $9.00 -2.28% Diamondback Energy Inc. (FANG) $190.70 -2.19% Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) $393.95 -2.01%

Nasdaq 100 - Risers

Sirius XM Holdings Inc (SIRI) $26.90 7.90% QUALCOMM Inc. (QCOM) $178.04 4.74% Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) $213.89 4.31% Qurate Retail Inc. (QRTEA) $0.61 4.02% Asml Holdings N.V. (ASML) $872.27 3.76% Lam Research Corp. (LRCX) $85.70 3.39% KLA-Tencor Corp. (KLAC) $829.65 3.22% Western Digital Corp. (WDC) $66.83 3.01% Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) $509.65 2.87% J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (JBHT) $175.46 2.78%

Nasdaq 100 - Fallers

Baidu Inc. (BIDU) $99.11 -4.52% NetEase Inc. Ads (NTES) $85.01 -3.78% Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR) $66.80 -3.10% Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) $9.00 -2.28% Trip.com Group Limited (TCOM) $63.64 -2.14% Netflix Inc. (NFLX) $713.00 -1.35% Amgen Inc. (AMGN) $324.62 -1.14% Incyte Corp. (INCY) $65.44 -1.03% Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) $94.76 -0.83% Hasbro Inc (HAS) $71.57 -0.78%