Dow rises 0.3% and Nasdaq gains 0.8% on Monday after Friday's declines

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% on Monday, October 26, to close at 52,361.58, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.8% to 26,169.38, according to daily closing values from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED).

What happened

The Dow gained 146.42 points from Friday's close of 52,215.16. The Nasdaq rose 214.04 points from 25,955.34. Both percentage changes and point changes are computed from the closing values. Friday's closes followed Thursday, October 22, closes of 52,867.98 for the Dow and 26,008.86 for the Nasdaq, so the Dow is still below Thursday's level while the Nasdaq has now moved above it.

Friday's moves were a 1.2% fall for the Dow and a 0.2% decline for the Nasdaq, as FinanceInTime reported.

The wider range

The Nasdaq's Monday close is 5.2% below its October 6 close of 27,599.89, the highest in the FRED data since the start of September. The Dow's close is 2.5% below its September 3 close of 53,686.11, the highest in the same period. Both percentages are computed from the closing values.

The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX), a measure of expected stock-market swings, closed at 18.39, down 1.06 points from 19.45 on Friday, according to FRED. The 10-year Treasury yield was 5.00% on Monday, unchanged from Friday, the 2-year yield was 4.68%, down from 4.69%, and the 20-year and 30-year yields were 5.35% and 5.31%, according to the Treasury Department's daily yield curve.

What to watch

The Federal Reserve's policy committee meets on October 27-28, according to the Fed's meeting calendar.