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US markets end higher on Friday

13 Jun 2020 Evaluate

The US markets ended higher on Friday as traders looked to pick up stocks at relatively reduced levels. The advance on the day came on the heels of the sell-off seen in the previous session. Adding to the positive sentiment, the University of Michigan released a report showing a continued rebound in US consumer sentiment in the month of June. The preliminary report showed the consumer sentiment index for June climbed to 78.6 from 72.3 in May and 71.8 in April. Street had expected the index to rise 75.0. Meanwhile, a separate report from the Labor Department showed a bigger than expected jump in US import prices in the month of May. The Labor Department said import prices surged up by 1.0 percent in May after plunging by 2.6 percent in April. Street had expected import prices to increase by 0.6 percent. The rebound in import prices came as fuel prices spiked by 20.5 percent in May following the 31.0 percent nosedive in the previous month.

However, upside remained capped as fears of an emerging second wave of the epidemic in the U.S. persist, with half a dozen states, including Texas and Arizona, facing rising infections of COVID-19. Arizona, Utah and New Mexico all posted rises in new cases of 40% or higher, while Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina and North Carolina saw cases rise by more than 30% for the week ended June 7, on a rolling seven-day basis. Meanwhile, Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom Barkin said that the pandemic could have effects that last beyond the next couple of months and cautioned that some of the millions of jobs that have been lost during the viral outbreak may never return, echoing similar remarks made by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday.

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 477.37 points or 1.9 percent to 25,605.54, Nasdaq gained 96.08 points or 1.01 percent 9,588.81 and S&P 500 was up by 39.21 points or 1.31 percent to 3,041.31. 

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