Dow surges 1,300 points on hopes the $2 trillion coronavirus aid package will soon be approved

Reuters

• US stocks soared Tuesday, rebounding from losses Monday, on hopes a coronavirus economic aid package is coming soon. 
• Equities are rebounding from declines on Monday, which came even after the Federal Reserve took unprecedented action to prop up the US economy amid coronavirus fallout. 
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US stocks rose Tuesday, rebounding from a more than three-year low on Monday, on growing investor optimism that a sweeping coronavirus economic relief package is coming soon. 

In overnight trading, futures contracts on all three major US indexes surged more than 5%, triggering so-called limit up trading halts.  

Gains continued when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that there is “real optimism” that a deal could be reached in the next few hours on a Tuesday call with CNBC. 

Here’s where the major US indexes stood at 10:15 a.m. E.T. on Tuesday:

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Majority leaders are nearing a deal on a $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package after multiple failed attempts to get one through Congress, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senator Charles Schumer were optimistic that a deal could be reached soon, according to the report. 

On Monday, stocks slumped when leaders were unable to agree on a deal to boost the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Pressure is mounting as many states go on lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Investors also shrugged off unprecedented actions announced Monday by the Federal Reserve to aid the economy amid the outbreak, including unlimited bond-buying and help for local governments and companies.

“Bottom line, this market has been utterly dangerous since February,” Thomas Lee of Fundstrat wrote in a Tuesday note. “But there are glimmers of hope.” 

The market appears to have found an “internal bottom, similar to October 2008,” he wrote, which means that a recovery could soon begin. 

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