Wall St ends higher amid mixed earnings, Trump-Xi meeting confirmed
By Stephen
Culp
Thu October 23, 2025 5:36 PM
Yesterday, with the draconian announcement that Trump was curbing electronic exports to China, the whole market tanked, not only due to that but to skepticism that next Tuesday’s Trump-Xi meeting would happen at all. Today came the announcement that the meeting was on and all three indexes soared from the open and all day. Q3 is moving right along with now over a quarter of companies reporting and with 86% beating estimates.