US stocks close sharply higher and near session highs

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• Dow industrial average rose 535.41 points or 1.63% at 33309.05. It's high price reached 33364.41
• S&P index rose 7.75 points or 2.13%. It's high price reached 4211.03
• NASDAQ NASDAQ The Nasdaq Stock Market or NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. It trails only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in market capitalization and is part of a network of stock markets and options exchanges.Launched back in 1971, NASDAQ is the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Since then it is known simply as NASDAQ and has become one of the most influential exchanges worldwide.The NASDAQ was the world’s first electronic stock market, and has since ass The Nasdaq Stock Market or NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. It trails only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in market capitalization and is part of a network of stock markets and options exchanges.Launched back in 1971, NASDAQ is the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Since then it is known simply as NASDAQ and has become one of the most influential exchanges worldwide.The NASDAQ was the world’s first electronic stock market, and has since ass Read this Term index rose 360.89 points or 2.89% at 12854.81. It's high price reached 12861.44
• Russell 2000 rose 56.15 points or 2.95% at 1969.24

Looking at the S&P sector

• Consumer discretionaries rose 2.88%
• Materials rose 2.87%
• Technology rose 2.77%
• Communication services rose 2.76%

The laggards today included:

• Utilities, -0.49%
• Energy, +0.71%
• Consumer staples, 0.74%

After the close, Disney be expectations on revenues and EPS.:

• EPS came in at $1.09 vs. $0.96 estimate
• Revenues came in at $21.5 billion vs. 20.96 plan dollars estimate

Disney shares are up 4.7% in after hours trading.