U.S. stocks rally on Monday

► VIX volatility measure of state investors in the U.S. stock market closing on 18/6 below the threshold of 17 points ...

The rise of the U.S. stock index in the first two days of the week that investor sentiment in the market has been more stable - Photo: AP.

The main index on the U.S. stock market continues to maintain strong momentum the second consecutive day, as investors bet that the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) will not withdraw support program growth .

The two-day meeting of the Fed's policy has been formally launch day 18/6, and now is the time for investors trying to predict the time it will take the agency to narrow or waive the collection program monthly bond purchases worth $ 85 billion. The quantitative easing measures have become an important driving force for the market over time.

It is expected that a statement about the Fed's policy will be announced on 19/6 (local time). Many investors believe that the size of the quantitative easing program will be the Federal Reserve maintained, despite a series of economic data released recently showed that the leading economies on the way the world is on a steady recovery.

The rise of the U.S. stock index in the first two days of the week that investor sentiment in the market has been more stable, after a series of changes since the previous speech by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. However, the trading volume of the market is still low. According to analysts, this is a sign of the many investors are standing outside and waiting.

VIX volatility measure of state investors in the U.S. stock market close on 18/6 below the threshold of 17 points. However, from the first quarter to date, the index is still up to 31%.

Specifically, the transaction ended 18/6 on the U.S. stock market, the Dow Jones industrial index gained 138.38 points, corresponding to 0.91%, to 15318.23 points. S & P 500 index gained 12.76 points, corresponding to 0.78%, to 1651.80 points. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 30.05 points, corresponding to 0.87%, to 3482.18 points.

Among the gainers, most notably General Electric shares rose 2.4% to $ 24.33, shares of Cliffs Natural Resources increased by 5% to $ 18.59, shares of Micron Tech increased 3.9% to $ 13.75. On the other side, stocks in the S & P 500 has biggest drop in the day of Hormel Foods Corp. fell 3.6%.

About 5.43 billion shares traded on all three floors New York, American and Nasdaq, lower than the daily average trading 6.36 billion shares from early 2013 until now. Approximately two thirds of the shares of companies listed on the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Nasdaq rising prices, which more than 150 hp / floor to the highest level in 52 weeks.