Dow soars 496 points as traders await official approval for $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus deal
US stocks climbed on Wednesday as the Senate moved toward a final vote on a $2 trillion relief package to aid the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.
The White House and the Senate reached an agreement overnight on the package, but a final vote is pending.
The bill includes payments for Americans, unemployment-benefit expansions, and loans for businesses hit by the economic slump.
The gains followed the Dow Jones industrial average's best day since 1933. The benchmark index soared 11
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