The US markets ended higher on Tuesday with modest gains as equity benchmarks attempted to recover some of the sharp losses from the previous session. Modest moves on the markets reflect cautious sentiment among traders, as uncertainty over trade policy, which triggered Monday’s selloff, remains. Investors remained worried that trade tensions between the US and major trading partners such as China and the European Union could develop into a big drag on the global economy. They’re also tracking some disagreement and uncertainty within the Trump administration over trade-related matters.
On the economic front, reflecting deterioration in expectations, the Conference Board released a report showing an unexpected decline in US consumer confidence in the month of June. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index fell to 126.4 in June from a revised 128.8 in May. Street had expected the index to inch up to 128.1 from the 128.0 originally reported for the previous month. The unexpected decrease by the headline index was on account of a drop by the expectations index, which slid to 103.2 in June from 107.2 in May. The percentage of consumers anticipating business conditions will improve over the next six months decreased to 21.4% from 23.3%, while those expecting business conditions will worsen rose from 7.8% to 9.8%. However, consumers’ outlook for the labor market was slightly more favorable. The percentage expecting more jobs in the months ahead inched up to 20.0% from 19.7% and those anticipating fewer jobs dipped to 12.6% from 13.1%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 30.31 points or 0.12 percent to 24283.11, the S&P 500 added 5.99 points or 0.22 percent to 2723.06 and the Nasdaq was up by 29.62 points or 0.39 percent to 7561.63.
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