US stocks advanced on Monday after Scott Bessent was nominated as Treasury Secretary in the incoming Donald Trump administration.
At 09:50 a.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 459.25 points, or 1.03 per cent, to 44,753.77, the S&P 500 gained 43.12 points, or 0.72 per cent, to 6,012.50 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 153.88 points, or 0.81 per cent, to 19,157.53.
