The US markets ended the choppy day of trade mostly in green terrain on Tuesday, as traders looked ahead to monetary policy announcements by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. The Fed is widely expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday, while the ECB has indicated it will discuss ending its bond purchasing program at its meeting on June 14. Meanwhile, traders largely shrugged off the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Following the meeting, Trump and Kim signed a joint statement pledging to work together to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. The statement said Kim reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, while Trump committed to provide security guarantees to North Korea. The U.S. and North Korea also committed to hold follow-on negotiations led by the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a relevant high-level North Korean official.
On the economic front, the Labor Department released a report showing another modest increase in consumer prices in the month of May. The Labor Department said its consumer price index rose by 0.2 percent in May, matching the increase seen in April as well as economist estimates. Excluding food and energy prices, core consumer prices still increased by 0.2 percent in May after inching up by 0.1 percent in April. The core price growth also matched expectations. The annual rate of consumer price growth accelerated to 2.8 percent in May from 2.5 percent in April, reaching its highest level since February of 2012. Core consumer price growth also edged up to a fifteen-year high of 2.2 percent in May from 2.1 percent in the previous month.
The Nasdaq surged 43.87 points or 0.57 percent to 7703.79 and the S&P 500 was up by 4.87 points or 0.17% to 2786.85, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down marginally by 1.58 points or 0.01 percent to 25320.73.
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