The Dow Jones industrial average midday on Monday halted early sales in the Christmas week trade to a positive turn, with investors processing reports off a novel strain of coronavirus suddenly running in the UK against the progress similar to a coronavirus relief package to be cemented in the US Dow Jones Industrial Average [: DJIA] was put off by as much as 424 points at its nature on Monday, but was now up 20 points, or less than 0.1%, at 30,187, at the last survey after touching a low intraday at 29,755,53, FactSet data show. Gains for the blue-chip benchmark were supported by an increase in shares of Goldman Sachs GS,
and JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM,
and Nike Inc. NKE,
S&P 500 SPX Index,
it traded 0.6% lower at 3,688 but off at 3,636.48, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP,
it was off 0.5% at 12,697, but well off Monday’s low at 12,525.22.