New Covid variant roils global markets with oil sinking 5% : Rashtra News Registered Nurse Savanah Wagstaff watches as Aliza Burns, a nursing student at Brigham Young University–Idaho, treats a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient in his isolation room at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho, U.S., October 28, 2021.Shannon Stapleton | ReutersGlobal markets went
At 11:39 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 266.21 points, marking a 0.69 per cent increase to reach 38,863.19. Simultaneously, the S&P 500 rose by 51.35 points, reflecting a 1.00 per cent gain, and stood at 5,198.56.