Shares of retailers and other consumer companies rallied amid optimism about the holiday-shopping outlook and the possibility of an extension for the child tax credit.
Discount giants Walmart and Target both rose by more than 1% as shoppers stocked up for Halloween.
Shares of rental-car chain Hertz Global Holdings rose after it ordered 100,000 vehicles from Tesla to stock its fleet.
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