US stocks rise to open big earnings week | Business

NEW YORK, Oct 20, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Wall Street stocks rose early Monday asmarkets looked ahead to a heavy week of corporate earnings and monitored thepositioning of political leaders on the US government shutdown. This week's earnings calendar includes results from Netflix, Tesla andProcter & Gamble. A Factset analysis of earnings forecasts and resultsprojected third-quarter growth of 8.5 percent. About 15 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.5percent at 46,405.31. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.7 percent to 6,712.65, while the tech-richNasdaq Composite Index jumped 1.0 percent to 22,900.45. "Investors are optimistic that the next wave of earnings will come instronger than expected from mainly big cap tech stocks," said...