The US markets closed higher on Monday, and the Dow ended with an eighth gain in a row, extending an uptrend on signs of easing trade tensions between the US and China. Optimism over corporate earnings also has helped to keep the markets afloat, though the 10-year Treasury benchmark yield flirting with a level at around 3%, tested investors’ comfort levels, keeping the market’s advance in check. Rising yields tend to mean higher costs for major corporations and can peel money away from stocks. Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said that the Federal Reserve should continue its gradual approach to raising interest rates given that inflation has not yet reached the US central bank’s 2 percent goal in a sustained way. Mester said she does not expect inflation to pick up sharply, adding that while it is close to the Fed’s symmetric 2 percent target, it will only reach that level on a sustainable basis over the next one to two years. Mester, who has a vote on monetary policy this year under a rotation system, also said the central bank could raise rates more rapidly if the US economy grew faster than expected, though she added it could go slower if inflation weakens again.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 68.24 points or 0.27 percent to 24,899.41, the Nasdaq gained 8.432 points or 0.11 percent to 7,411.32, and the S&P 500 was up by 2.41 points or 0.09 percent to 2,730.13.
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