The last trading session of October on the U.S. stock market allowed the indices to rise within 0.7 percentage points with average activity of trading participants. There are too many uncertainties, to be more specific, the Fed's rate meeting, the U.S. Senate vote on a large amount of financial aid, the U.S. Treasury Department's comments on the borrowing plan, and, finally, the ongoing hostilities in the East. All this puts high pressure on market participants, forcing them to take a wait-and-see stance and stopping them from buying, which is typical for this period of the year.