US stocks closed higher on Friday, but it wasn't enough to erase the week's losses. Averting a government shutdown overshadowed weak sentiment data.

The stock market rebounded slightly to avoid a historically bad day, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost almost 900 points at closing Monday. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The S&P 500 jumped 2.1 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 674 points, or 1.7 percent, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 2.6 percent.

Wall Street was poised to open with healthy gains but nowhere near enough to make up for the losses that have piled up in recent weeks as anxious investors flee