Stock Market News Today: Oct. 21, 2019

The major stock indices were up Monday afternoon amid some optimism surrounding the initial trade deal between the U.S. and China. The deal could be signed at a meeting in November, although that's not a guarantee at this point.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

Two stocks that were handily beating the market on Monday were Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) and Coty (NYSE: COTY). Halliburton signaled that more cost cuts were on the way, and Coty announced a plan to possibly divest a major business.

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