By Sukriti Gupta and Twesha Dikshit (Reuters) -The S&P 500 and Dow rose on Tuesday, shaking off a weak start, as investors digested Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments, while parsing mostly positive third-quarter results from big U.S. banks. Powell said the U.S. labor market remained mired in its low-hiring, low-firing doldrums through September, though the economy overall "may be on a somewhat firmer trajectory than expected." He also said the central bank may soon end its balance sheet runoff. The remarks reassured investors at a time when key economic data remains delayed due to the ongoing government shutdown. "The bulls remain fully in charge and until that's shaken with something more significant than these comments from Chair Powell or anything else, that's likely to be t
Dow, S&P 500 rise after strong bank results, Powell comments

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