NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2026 /CNW/ -- Equity Insider News Commentary - All four of the main U.S. stock benchmarks were trading higher in the first half hour of Monday's session. As of 9:57 a.m. ET, the S&P 500 was up 125.70 points, or 1.70%, at 7,502.56, the Nasdaq Composite was up 539.15 points, or 2.19%, at 25,118.58, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 727.61 points, or 1.42%, at 52,013.34, and the small cap Russell 2000 was up 53.59 points, or 1.95%, at 2,807.70. The broad start comes one day before the Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to publish its October Consumer Price Index, and several large companies that reported results over the past two weeks were among the stocks moving in early trading. Active Companies from around the markets with current developments this week include: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL).