The US markets ended higher on Wednesday, extending the upward trend seen in recent sessions, as new economic data added to investor optimism about a quick recovery, including a report from payroll processor ADP showing the pace of private sector job losses slowed by much more than anticipated in the month of May. ADP said private sector employment slumped by 2.76 million jobs in May after plummeting by a revised 19.557 million jobs in April. Street had expected employment to plunge by about 9.0 million jobs compared to 20.236 million job nosedive originally reported for the previous month. A separate report from the Institute for Supply Management also showed the pace of contraction in the service sector slowed by even more than street had been expecting.
The ISM said its non-manufacturing index rebounded to 45.4 in May after plunging to an eleven-year low of 41.8 in April. A reading below 50 still indicates a contraction in service sector activity, but the index came in above street estimates for a reading of 44.0. The US data came after survey results from IHS Markit showed China's service sector expanded for the first time in four months in May amid an easing of measures implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 527.24 points or 2.05 percent to 26,269.89, Nasdaq gained 74.54 points or 0.78 percent 9,682.91 and S&P 500 was up by 42.05 points or 1.36 percent to 3,122.87.
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