Major US stock indexes rose strongly against the backdrop of heightened hopes for lowering the Fed rates and signs of weakening trade tensions.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made it clear that the central bank is open to loosen monetary policy in order to save the economy. According to him, the Fed will "act properly" to support economic growth. Powell noted, however, that the Fed does not know “how or when” the trade conflict will be resolved. “We are closely following the implications of these events for the US economic outlook,” he added.
Comments by the Fed Chairman have heightened expectations for the Fed rate cut. The CME FedWatch tool showed that market participants see a 92 percent chance of a rate cut in September. The odds of a second rate cut in December exceeded 80%.
The market was also supported by official statements from Mexico and China. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he expects to negotiate with the United States on immigration before Washington realizes its threat of introducing tariffs.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce stated that “differences and friction between the two parties” should be resolved through negotiations, which “should be based on mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.” On Wall Street, these statements were taken as a sign that Beijing had weakened harsh rhetoric.
The focus of market participants was also the latest data on the United States. According to the report of the Ministry of Commerce, production orders fell by 0.8% in April after rising by 1.3% in March (revised from + 1.9%). Economists had expected orders to fall by 0.9%. The fall in production orders was caused by a decrease in orders for durable goods - by 2.1% after rising 1.7% in March. A sharp drop occurred as orders for transportation equipment fell by 5.9%.
Almost all the components of DOW finished trading in positive territory (28 out of 30). The growth leader was NIKE, Inc. (NKE; + 4.34%). Only shares of The Coca-Cola Co. have fallen. (KO; -0.21%) and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ; -0.63%).
Almost all sectors of the S & P recorded an increase. The greatest growth was shown by the technology sector (+ 2.2%). Only the conglomerate sector decreased (-0.1%).
At the time of closing:
Dow 25,332.18 +512.40 +2.06%
S & P 500 2,803.27 +58.82 +2.14%
Nasdaq 100 7,527.12 +194.10 +2.65%
U.S. stock-index futures rose on Tuesday, supported by increased hopes for Fed rate cut as well as China’s statement that trade dispute with the U.S. should be resolved with dialogue.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 20,408.54 | -2.34 | -0.01% |
Hang Seng | 26,761.52 | -132.34 | -0.49% |
Shanghai | 2,862.28 | -27.80 | -0.96% |
S&P/ASX | 6,332.40 | +11.90 | +0.19% |
FTSE | 7,216.33 | +31.53 | +0.44% |
CAC | 5,267.34 | +25.88 | +0.49% |
DAX | 11,960.47 | +167.66 | +1.42% |
Crude oil | $52.74 | -0.96% | |
Gold | $1,327.10 | -0.06% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
3M Co | MMM | 161 | 0.96(0.60%) | 4413 |
ALCOA INC. | AA | 21.6 | 0.09(0.42%) | 1214 |
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 50.39 | 0.29(0.58%) | 3382 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,705.50 | 12.81(0.76%) | 80024 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 175.07 | 1.77(1.02%) | 269697 |
AT&T Inc | T | 31.32 | 0.23(0.74%) | 27072 |
Boeing Co | BA | 343.19 | 4.30(1.27%) | 12647 |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 121.61 | 0.96(0.80%) | 4728 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 116.62 | 0.63(0.54%) | 448 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 52.29 | 0.51(0.98%) | 36900 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 63.6 | 0.99(1.58%) | 23650 |
Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 143.92 | 0.63(0.44%) | 356 |
Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 72.32 | 0.44(0.61%) | 6850 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 164.48 | 0.33(0.20%) | 192648 |
FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 153.69 | 1.35(0.89%) | 1789 |
Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.73 | 0.12(1.25%) | 28151 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 10 | 0.08(0.81%) | 44621 |
General Electric Co | GE | 9.54 | 0.01(0.10%) | 50225 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 34.27 | 0.57(1.69%) | 12878 |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 185.54 | 2.35(1.28%) | 3722 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,042.90 | 6.67(0.64%) | 10225 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 19 | 0.34(1.82%) | 216 |
Home Depot Inc | HD | 191 | 1.43(0.75%) | 1209 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 44.09 | 0.63(1.45%) | 27598 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 129.25 | 0.98(0.76%) | 2119 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 132.3 | 0.86(0.65%) | 950 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 107.88 | 1.42(1.33%) | 20451 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 199.44 | 0.66(0.33%) | 1358 |
Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 80.51 | 0.25(0.31%) | 1108 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 121.33 | 1.49(1.24%) | 148780 |
Nike | NKE | 78.55 | 0.59(0.76%) | 375 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 42.3 | 0.38(0.91%) | 7119 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 104 | 0.20(0.19%) | 3653 |
Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 76.75 | 0.53(0.70%) | 2962 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 181.45 | 2.48(1.39%) | 121567 |
The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 50 | 0.02(0.04%) | 3408 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 35.03 | 0.60(1.74%) | 120403 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 238.98 | 2.42(1.02%) | 1594 |
Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 56.6 | 0.22(0.39%) | 8116 |
Visa | V | 160.45 | 1.85(1.17%) | 17347 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 102.55 | 0.59(0.58%) | 1892 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 133 | 0.53(0.40%) | 4950 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 35.29 | -0.15(-0.42%) | 9164 |
Lyft (LYFT) initiated with a Buy at Citigroup; target $70
Lyft (LYFT) initiated with an Equal Weight at Barclays; target $55
Lyft (LYFT) initiated with a Buy at BTIG Research; target $77
Lyft (LYFT) initiated with a Buy at SunTrust; target $68
Lyft (LYFT) initiated with an Outperform at RBC Capital target $72
Lyft (LYFT) initiated with a Hold at Loop Capital; target $60
Lyft (LYFT) initiated with a Neutral at Goldman; target $65
Lyft (LYFT) initiated with an Outperform at Macquarie
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank; target $58
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Neutral at Citigroup; target $45
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Buy at Needham; target $52
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill; target $53
Uber (UBER) initiated with an Overweight at Barclays; target $50
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Mkt Outperform at JMP Securities; target $54
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Buy at Mizuho; target $50
Uber (UBER) initiated with an Outperform at Cowen; target $58
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Buy at BTIG Research; target $80
Uber (UBER) initiated with an Outperform at Oppenheimer; target $55
Uber (UBER) initiated with an Outperform at Macquarie
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Buy at Canaccord Genuity; target $55
Uber (UBER) initiated with an Outperform at RBC Capital Mkts; target $62
Uber (UBER) initiated with an Overweight at Morgan Stanley; target $56
Uber (UBER) initiated with an Outperform at William Blair
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Buy at SunTrust; target $56
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Buy at Goldman; target $56
Uber (UBER) initiated with a Buy at Loop Capital
Twitter (TWTR) initiated with a Buy at Loop Capital
Amazon (AMZN) target raised to $2380 from $2200 at Loop Capital
Apple (AAPL) target lowered to $220 from $245 at Cowen
Apple (AAPL) target lowered to $202 from $245 at Canaccord Genuity
Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
---|---|---|---|
NIKKEI 225 | -190.31 | 20410.88 | -0.92 |
Hang Seng | -7.23 | 26893.86 | -0.03 |
KOSPI | 26.11 | 2067.85 | 1.28 |
ASX 200 | -76.4 | 6320.5 | -1.19 |
FTSE 100 | 23.09 | 7184.8 | 0.32 |
DAX | 65.97 | 11792.81 | 0.56 |
Dow Jones | 4.74 | 24819.78 | 0.02 |
S&P 500 | -7.61 | 2744.45 | -0.28 |
NASDAQ Composite | -120.13 | 7333.02 | -1.61 |
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