Apple rose 2.2% in the early trading, and investors are closely watching Apple's online conference on the 15th; the market expects that Apple will not launch a new iPhone at this conference.

US stocks opened higher in the early trading on the 15th, continuing the strong gain of the previous day

US stocks continued to rise in the early trading on the 15th, and the Dow Jones Index rose 201 points. Apple rose 2.2% in the early trading, and investors are closely watching Apple's online conference on the 15th; the market expects that Apple will not launch a new iPhone at this conference.

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 201 points or 0.7% in the early trading, S&P 500 index rose 0.8%, Nasdaq index rose 1.1%, Philadelphia semiconductor index rose 1.3%, and TSMC ADR rose 1.3%.

Large technology stocks led the rise in the early trading on the 15th, and retail sales in mainland China turned positive for the first time this year, which also brought in profits. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics in mainland China showed that retail sales in mainland China increased by 0.5% year-on-year in August.

new crown vaccine positive news boosted market optimism on the 14th. AstraZeneca resumed the third phase of its new crown vaccine clinical trial in the UK, and Pfizer said it should be able to submit key data on the vaccine trial to regulatory agencies by the end of October.

securities broker LPL Financial raised its year-end target price of the S&P 500 to between 3,450 points and 3,500 points, which means that the S&P 500 will rise by about 2% by the end of this year; Jeff Buchbinder, a strategist at the company, said the basis for the uptick is optimistic that the United States can control the epidemic more smoothly.