US stocks rose on Wednesday after the US government entered its first shutdown in seven years, putting hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in output at risk. Meanwhile, key ADP jobs data showed private payrolls declined in September,

Investors kick off the week monitoring Washington, D.C., to gauge the threat of a government shutdown as gold prices soar and the dollar drops.

Stock indexes erased early declines and turned higher Wednesday, shaking off a U.S. government shutdown and a surprising decrease in private-sector jobs.

U.S. stocks rose to more records as Wall Street still doesn’t seem to care much about the latest shutdown of the U.S. government.

The Dow notched a new record, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained Tuesday as the stock market assessed the growing threat of a government shutdown.

Shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. rose 9.42% to $530.73 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.34% to 6,711.20 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.

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US government shutdown rattles markets; Dow futures falls 230 pts, S&P and Nasdaq slip as uncertainty rises globally.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average wobbled in early afternoon trade Wednesday as investors digested the U.S. government shutdown and whether an employment report will drive up odds of an interest-rate cut in October.