US stock market news today. U.S. stock indices closed Tuesday, trading up more than 1 percent in anticipation of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) November meeting minutes.

US stock market analysis

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 397.82 points (1.18 per cent) and was up 34098.1 points. Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) Inc (+3%) were the top gainers among the index components. Only three of the 30 companies in the index’s calculation finished with losses, including shares of Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS), which fell 1.4 percent.

Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 53.64 points (1.36%) to 4,003.58 points. The Nasdaq Composite added 149.9 points (1.36%) to 11174.41 points.

The Fed minutes will be released tonight. At its last meeting, the Fed once again raised the rate by 75 basis points and hinted at the possibility of a slowdown in rate hikes at later meetings.

On Monday, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and San Francisco governors Loretta Mester and Mary Daly signaled that the Fed would slow the pace of interest rate hikes next month, while stressing that the need for further policy tightening remains.

Senior strategist at B. Riley Wealth Management Art Hogan recalled that the U.S. market will be closed Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday, and many traders will take Friday off, so trading volumes this week will be lower than usual.

“Under such conditions, moves in both directions are often particularly pronounced,” he said.

Market participants were also assessing corporate news.

Earlier we reported that stock markets in Europe are changing in different directions.