US stock indices rose at the beginning of Monday's trading, supported by positive news announced by Moderna regarding its Corona virus vaccine.
The American "Moderna" for biotechnology and medical preparations revealed that the vaccine it is currently developing has shown a strong effectiveness of up to 94.5% in protecting against the Corona virus.
On the other hand, the outgoing US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he was the winner in the presidential elections, hours after he admitted that his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, had won, but by fraud - he said.
Chinese data showed that industrial production jumped 6.9% over the past month, while expectations indicated a rise of 6.7%, and the unemployment rate decreased, in line with expectations, to 5.3% from 5.4%.
In terms of trading, the "Dow Jones" index rose by 14:37 GMT by 1.3% (equivalent to 400 points) to 29,883 points, and the "Nasdaq" rose by 0.4% (equivalent to 45 points) to 11872 points, while The "S&P 500" rose by 0.8% (equivalent to 30 points) to 3615 points.
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