The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high on Wednesday, when the U.S. Capitol was closed after supporters of President Donald Trump invaded the barricades.
Vice President Mike Pence was escorted out of the Senate floor during the counting of votes at the Electoral College, certifying the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a district curfew from 6 pm to 6 am on Thursday.
The Associated Press reported that the DC National Guard was being activated for tasks that possibly included helping to enforce curfew.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and House majority majority leader Nancy Pelosi issued a joint statement calling on Trump to “demand that all protesters leave the US Capitol and the Capitol fields immediately,” the statement said. AP.
Several Republican lawmakers have asked Trump to call for an end to the violence, NBC reported.
“Mr President @realDonaldTrump law enforcement men and women are under aggression. It is essential that you help restore order by sending resources to help the police and ask those who do so to withdraw, “tweeted Sen. Marco Rubio, of R-Fla.
Trump had previously called on his supporters to “remain peaceful”, but he did not ask them to disperse, the AP reported.
The Dow closed up 437 points, or 1.44%, to 30,829 and the S&P 500 gained 0.57% to 3,748.
Both the Dow and the S&P 500 reached record intraday highs.
Nasdaq ended in a fall of 0.61% to 12,740, after falling sharply at the beginning of the session, under the concern that major technology companies could face tougher antitrust scrutiny under a Democratic-controlled Congress.
Reverend Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, defeated Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in Georgia, winning one of the Senate’s two second rounds in the state.
And the AP called another Georgia runoff run for Democrat Jon Ossoff against Republican Senator David Perdue.
The yield on the 10-year US Treasury reference note reached 1% for the first time since March.
The Georgia elections gave Democrats control of Congress and enabled them to advance President-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda.
Democrats in the Senate are on an equal footing with Republicans, allowing elected Vice President Kamala Harris to have the deciding vote on any 50-50 tie.
Analysts say a move for Democrats could lead to greater fiscal stimulus and higher taxes. Only a Republican victory in Georgia would have given the Republican Party enough votes to prevent Biden from pursuing his most ambitious trade, energy and security policies.
“Stock markets have been going up in the past few months and we are more likely to see a sector rotation within the market, rather than a sustained sale, resulting in Democrats taking full control of the government,” said Chris Zaccarelli, chief executive officer. Independent Advisor Alliance investment portfolio.
Federal Reserve officials, in the minutes of their December meeting, unanimously supported maintaining the pace of central bank bond purchases.
“All participants thought it would be appropriate to continue shopping at least at the current rate, and almost everyone preferred to maintain the current composition of purchases,” says the minutes of the meeting.
American companies’ private payrolls dropped unexpectedly by 123,000 during December, the first drop since April, as the coronavirus pandemic hampered hiring, especially in the leisure, hospitality and retail sectors.