Month-to-Date Gain: Dow Jones

month-to-date gain: The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.30% advanced 100.06 points, or 1.2%, to close at 8,148.71, according to Market Watch. The gains saw the Dow and S&P 500 turn higher for the month, with the blue-chip gauge up 0.4% since the end of September and the S&P up 0.6% over the same stretch. How did major benchmarks perform The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.08% rose 237.44 points, or 0.9%, to end at 27,024.80, while the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.20% gained 29.53 points, or 1%, to finish at 2,995.68. The Nadaq added to its month-to-date gain, up 1.9%. The S&P 500 ended about 1% below its record close of 3,025.86 set on July 26, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed around 1.2% below its record finish of 27,359.16 set on July 15, and the Nasdaq Composite finished around 2.3% away from its record close of 8,330.21 scored on July 26. Shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Read 5 prominent U.S. companies are most at fault for the earnings recession What's driving the market The third-quarter U.S. corporate earnings reporting season kicked off Tuesday with results from the nation's largest banks, reflecting a relatively healthy U.S. consumer and a more wary business sector. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.