Wall Street was dragged lower by losses in growth and healthcare equities during the final trading day of a tough year, which was marked by aggressive stance and recurrent interest-rate hikes to keep inflation under control in addition to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and recession woes.The losses made communication services, …
Read More »A Good Trading Day: Wall Street Closes Firmer Amid Thin Trading
All 11 S&P 500 sector indexes surged on Thursday, with communication service and technology as the biggest winner with gains of nearly 3%.Wall Street’s main indexes closed higher on Thursday, led by growth stocks amid thin trading conditions, as US jobs data signaled the Fed’s interest rate hikes started to …
Read More »Could stocks’ volatility continue into 2023?
Among the key questions lingering over across financial markets is whether volatility could continue into 2023 as the calendar year turns a corner.Markets were closed Monday to observe the Christmas holiday. In this shortened trading week, investors are expecting either relative quiet or further volatile sessions ahead due to low …
Read More »S&P 500 retreats on surging T-yields amid Santa Claus rally
The S&P 500 fell on Tuesday, at the beginning of the holiday-shortened week, as yields climbed while investors are busy assessing the economic outlook for the new year.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 47 points, or 0.13%. The S&P 500 retreated by 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 1.3%. Southwest …
Read More »US stocks surge as Wall Street strives from selloffs
US stocks moved higher during early Wednesday’s US session as Wall Street witnessed strong earnings from Nike and FedEx. These earnings boosted investors looking to fight back recent extensive selling. The S&P 500 rose 1.1%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 400 points, or 1.3%. …
Read More »Wall Street retreats on persisting recession worries
Wall Street equities were in the red territory on Monday. Nasdaq was leading the prevalent declines as investors’ worries accelerate concerning Fed’s monetary policy tightening that could drag the US economy into a recession.The S&P 500, the Dow Industrials and the Nasdaq have sold off sharply for December, on track …
Read More »What Is Wall Street Saying About Fed’s Latest Rate Hike
Investors are busy analyzing the potential levels of the Fed’s hawkishness. They are also digesting Wednesday’s speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Fed officials projected that rates will rise at least another half a percentage point next year. That was enough to impact US stocks that became lower and at …
Read More »GBP/USD Flirts with 1.2300 ahead of BoE’s decision
Bank of England to hike rates by 50 bps, fresh forecasts coming up. Concerns about a global economic setback weighed on US indexes. The GBP/USD pair is trading at 1.2265 at the time of writing.The GBP/USD pair peaked at 1.2321 after Wall Street’s opening but trimmed intraday gains and hovers …
Read More »Wall Street lower on mounting recession worries
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday as warnings of a looming recession from major Wall Street bankers offset optimism around China relaxing its strict zero-COVID rules.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 39.9 points, or 0.12%, at the open to 33556.4. The S&P 500 fell 8.0 points, or 0.20%, …
Read More »Wall Street Edges Lower On NFP Data
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Friday as better-than-expected job additions in November poured cold water on investor expectations of the Fed its aggressive monetary policy tightening.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 129.6 points, or 0.38%, at the open to 34265.45. The S&P 500 fell 36.4 points, or 0.89%, …
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