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US markets end lower after weak US retail sales

17 Oct 2019 Evaluate

The US markets ended marginally lower on Wednesday after US retail sales fell for the first time in seven months in September and Meanwhile, an angry response from China to legislation passed by the US House of Representatives in support of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters also cast doubt on prospects for the future of the trade deal between the two countries announced last Friday. The Commerce Department said retail sales fell by 0.3 percent in September after climbing by an upwardly revised 0.6 percent in August. The drop came as a surprise to participants, who had expected sales to rise by 0.3 percent compared to the 0.4 percent increase originally reported for the previous month. The unexpected decrease in retail sales was partly due to a notable pullback in sales by motor vehicle and parts dealers, which slumped by 0.9 percent in September after spiking by 1.9 percent in August. Excluding the pullback in auto sales, however, retail sales still edged down by 0.1 percent in September after rising by a revised 0.2 percent in August. Street had expected ex-auto sales to rise by 0.2 percent compared to the unchanged reading originally reported for the previous month.

However, downside remained capped as the National Association of Home Builders released a separate report showing homebuilder confidence unexpectedly climbed to its highest level in well over a year in the month of October. The report said the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index jumped to 71 in October after inching up to 68 in September. Street had expected the index to come in unchanged from the previous month. With the unexpected increase, the housing market index rose for the fourth straight month and reached its highest level since hitting a matching reading in February of 2018.

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 22.82 points or 0.08 percent to 27001.98, Nasdaq declined 24.52 points or 0.30 percent to 8124.18 and S&P 500 was down by 5.99 points or 0.20 percent to 2989.69.

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