Wall Street gains ahead of megacap earnings, presidential election
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Boeing falls on stock offering
Energy shares track crude prices lower
169 S&P 500 companies to report this week
Indexes up: Dow 0.65%, S&P 500 0.41%, Nasdaq 0.53%
Updated at 11:50 a.m. ET/1550 GMT
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal
Oct 28 (Reuters) -Wall Street rose on Monday ahead of earnings from a host of megacap companies and the final stretch of the Nov. 5 election, while sentiment also improved after developments in the Middle East over the weekend did not disrupt energy supplies.
Israel's response over the weekend to an Iranian missile attack earlier this month focused, so far, on missile factories and other sites near Tehran, rather than on refineries or nuclear targets, assuaging some worries about the situation in the region.
"(Today's gains) have more to do with not as bad as feared geopolitical events ... while Israel's response was very large, it really didn't disrupt any of the material commodity flows that would impact markets on a global basis," said Brian Mulberry, client portfolio manager at Zacks Investment Management.
The focus, however, was on events in the week ahead, most notably corporate results, with around 169 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report through the week.
That includes the bulk of the "Magnificent Seven" group of megacap technology giants that have been Wall Street's biggest drivers this year, as equities rallied to all-time highs.
Alphabet GOOGL.O rose 1%, Meta Platforms META.O was up 0.6% and Apple AAPL.O was 1% higher, ahead of their results later in the week.
Microsoft MSFT.O and Amazon.com AMZN.O also report earnings this week. The five companies jointly make up about 23% of the S&P 500's weightage, and investor reaction to their results will be a key determining factor in whether indexes continue to climb or retreat.
"The investor community is really starting to want to see results on AI," Mulberry said.
At 11:51 a.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 272.42 points, or 0.65%, to 42,386.82, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 23.64 points, or 0.41%, to 5,831.76, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 100.38 points, or 0.53%, to 18,618.98.
The small-cap Russell 2000 .RUT jumped 1.6%, outperforming major indexes as oil prices eased.
The energy sector .SPNY dropped 1% as crude prices plunged 5% on easing supply worries, while utilities shares .SPLRCU led sectoral gains.
Airline stocks also rallied, with the S&P 500 passenger airlines index .SPLRCALI up 3.4% to a more than two-year high.
Economic data due this week will be crucial for assessment of Federal Reserve policy, most notably the Personal Consumption Expenditure index and the closely watched nonfarm payrolls report.
Investors all but expect a 25-basis point interest rate reduction at the U.S. central bank's next meeting, according to CME's FedWatch.
Focus will also be on the U.S. presidential election, with markets more broadly pricing in a second Donald Trump administration, though the election is expected to be close.
Boeing's BA.N shares dipped 1.1% after the planemaker launched a stock offering that could raise up to $22 billion in a bid to shore up its finances amid an ongoing worker strike.
Industrial conglomerate 3M MMM.N jumped 3.7%, giving a boost to the Dow, after JP Morgan hiked its price target on the company's shares.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners for a 2.57-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 2.43-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 11 new 52-week highs and two new lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 74 new highs and 41 new lows.
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Reporting by Lisa Mattackal and Pranav Kashyap in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai and Shounak Dasgupta
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