US markets end higher on Tuesday

05 Feb 2020 Evaluate

The US markets ended sharply higher on Tuesday on the heels of strength in overseas markets, with Chinese stocks rebounding following the nosedive seen as trading resumed on Monday. Traders seem to expect China to announce additional stimulus to boost the economy amid the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. Private reports said that China’s central bank could cut its key lending rate as well as banks’ reserve requirement ratios (RRRs) in the coming weeks to support economic growth. The report came a day after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) unveiled liquidity injection measures to the tune of more than 1 trillion yuan. The PBOC also injected another 400 billion yuan in liquidity. The coronavirus has now claimed 425 lives and infected more than 20,000 people in mainland China.

On the economic front, partly reflecting a significant rebound in durable goods orders, the Commerce Department released a report showing new orders for US manufactured goods spiked by more than anticipated in the month of December. The Commerce Department said factory orders surged up by 1.8 percent in December after tumbling by a revised 1.2 percent in November. Street had expected factory orders to jump by 1.2 percent compared to the 0.7 percent decrease originally reported for the previous month. The bigger than expected rebound in factory orders came as durable goods orders soared by 2.4 percent in December after plunging by 3.1 percent in November. The rebound was unrevised from the previously reported data. New orders for non-durable goods also showed a significant increase, surging up by 1.1 percent in December after climbing by 0.7 percent in November.

Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 407.82 points or 1.44 percent to 28807.63, Nasdaq gained 194.57 points or 2.1 percent to 9467.97 and S&P 500 was up by 48.67 points or 1.5 percent to 3297.59.


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