Gold prices bounce off 3-week lows; demand likely longer term
Oct 29 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 hit a fresh record high on
Tuesday, lifted by upbeat earnings from drugmakers Merck and
Pfizer, while disappointing quarterly profit from Google-parent
Alphabet kept the Nasdaq firmly in the negative territory.
At 10:45 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI
was up 48.19 points, or 0.18%, at 27,138.91, while the S&P 500
.SPX was up 5.47 points, or 0.18%, at 3,044.89. The Nasdaq
Composite .IXIC was down 16.34 points, or 0.20%, at 8,309.64.