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US markets end slightly lower on Friday

15 Jun 2019 Evaluate

The US markets ended slightly lower on Friday as traders weighed rising tensions with Iran and the ongoing trade battle with China. Markets staged a late-day recovery attempt, but failed to settle in green terrain. Tech stocks came under pressure after Broadcom (AVGO) reported better than expected fiscal second quarter earnings but lowered its full-year revenue guidance. Broadcom President and CEO Hock Tan said the chip maker sees a broad-based slowdown in the demand environment due to continued geopolitical uncertainties and the effects of export restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei. The comments from Tan led to renewed concerns about the impact of the US-China trade dispute on the broader tech sector. Investors continued to watch developments in the Middle East after a pair of oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz on June 13. The incident escalates tensions in the region, heightening fears of a potential US-Iran military confrontation and disruption to oil supplies.

On the economic front, the Commerce Department report showed a substantial upward revision to retail sales data for April. The Commerce Department said retail sales climbed by 0.5 percent in May after rising by an upwardly revised 0.3 percent in April. Street had expected retail sales to increase by 0.6 percent compared to the 0.2 percent drop originally reported for the previous month. Closely watched core retail sales, which exclude autos, gasoline, building materials and food services, climbed by 0.5 percent in May. The April reading was upwardly revised from no change to a 0.4 percent gain. Besides, the Federal Reserve also released a report showing a bigger than expected increase in industrial production in May, although the University of Michigan said its reading on consumer sentiment dropped in June amid concerns about higher tariffs.

Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 17.16 points or 0.07 percent to 26089.61, Nasdaq slipped 40.47 points or 0.52 percent to 7796.66 and S&P 500 was down by 4.66 points or 0.16 percent to 2886.98.

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