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US markets closed higher; Dow snaps four-session losing streak

06 Mar 2018 Evaluate

The US markets closed higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average bouncing back from a four-session losing streak, as investors looked beyond the threat of a global trade war and instead focused on positive economic data. A technical rebound following a stretch of weakness for equities also helped to support broad market gains. On the economy front, growth in China’s services sector pulled back in February but remained in sight of the almost six-year high recorded in January. The Caixin-Markit services purchasing managers’ index dipped to 54.2 in February from 54.7 in the previous month, a 68-month high. That kept the reading well above the 50-point line separating expansion from contraction. Companies reported solid sales while hiring in the services sector offset a fall in headcounts at manufacturers. The services gauge, combined with the improved 51.6 reading for the country’s manufacturing sector, resulted in a composite PMI of 53.3, down from the seven-year high in January of 53.7.

Separately, US services sector activity slowed slightly in February, held back by a sharp pull back in employment growth, but a surge in new orders to a twelve and a half year high pointed to underlying strength. The ISM said its non-manufacturing activity index slipped 0.4 point to a reading of 59.5 last month. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the sector, which accounts for more than two-thirds of US economic activity.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 336.7 points or 1.37 percent to 24,874.76, the Nasdaq gained 72.839 points or 1.00 percent to 7,330.70, and the S&P 500 was up by 29.69 points or 1.10 percent to 2,720.94. 



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