The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 43.21 points, or 0.09%, to 46,441.10. The S&P 500 gained 22.74 points, or 0.34%, to 6,711.20, and the Nasdaq Composite added 95.15 points, or 0.42%, to 22,755.16.
Healthcare stocks started rising sharply on September 30 after Pfizer and US President Donald Trump announced a deal under which Pfizer agreed to lower prescription drug prices in Medicaid compared to other developed countries in exchange for tariff exemptions. Mr. Trump expects more pharmaceutical companies to follow suit. The biggest gainers in the healthcare sector were Biogen, up 10.9%, and Thermo Fisher, up 9.4%.
Lara Castleton, head of portfolio construction and strategy at Janus Henderson Investors, said that stock investors seem to be ignoring the uncertainty surrounding government shutdowns, as markets have typically rebounded during government shutdowns. According to a note from Deutsche Bank, the S&P 500 has risen in each of the last six government shutdowns. The indexes rose during the most recent shutdown, from late 2018 to early 2019.
With the Labor Department's September 2025 jobs report expected to be delayed if the government doesn't reopen by October 3, investors are focusing on the ADP National Employment Report, which will show private sector payrolls falling by 32,000 in September 2025 and by 3,000 in August 2025, after downward revisions. Those numbers are weaker than economists ' forecasts of a 50,000 gain in September 2025 and a 54,000 gain in August 2025, according to the previous report.
Meanwhile, data from the Institute for Supply Management shows that the US manufacturing industry is gradually recovering by September 2025.
In Vietnam, at the end of the trading session on October 1, the VN-Index increased by 3.35 points (0.2%) to 1,665.05 points, while the HNX-Index increased by 0.06 points (0.02%) to 273.22 points.
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