Wed, 02 Oct 2013 07:17:04 GMT
U.S. stocks rise as government shutdown seen short-lived
U.S. shares gained on Wednesday started a new month and a new quarter with increase on Tuesday as investors appeared confident that the U.S. government partial shutdown, first in 17 years, would be short-lived. Trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange stayed below average, when it totaled 6 billion shares as all major stock indexes rose.