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US markets end lower on Wednesday

28 Jun 2018 Evaluate

The US markets ended lower on Wednesday with the losses driven by on renewed uncertainty regarding the US stance on Chinese investments in American technology companies. Markets opened higher, they turned negative in midday trading, with selling accelerating throughout the session and major indexes closing at their lowest levels of the month. Sentiments remained dampened with report of National Association of Realtors (NAR) showing an unexpected decrease in pending home sales in the US in the month of May. NAR said its pending home sales index fell by 0.5 percent to 105.9 in May after slumping by 1.3 percent to 106.4 in April. Street had expected pending home sales to climb by 0.5 percent. With the unexpected decline, pending home sales in May were down by 2.2 percent compared to the same month a year ago, reflecting the fifth straight month pending sales decreased year-over-year.

The unexpected drop in pending home sales was on account of a notable decrease in the South, where pending home sales slumped by 3.5 percent. On the other hand, pending home sales in the West rose by 0.6 percent, and pending home sales in the Northeast and Midwest jumped by 2.0 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, the Commerce Department released a report showing a smaller than expected decrease in new orders for US manufactured durable goods in the month of May. The Commerce Department said durable goods orders fell by 0.6 percent in May after tumbling by a revised 1.0 percent in April. Street had expected durable goods orders to drop by 1.0 percent compared to the 1.6 percent slump that had been reported for the previous month.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 165.52 points or 0.68 percent to 24117.59, the S&P 500 declined 23.43 points or 0.86 percent to 2699.63 and the Nasdaq was down by 116.54 points or 1.54 percent to 7445.08.

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