US markets end higher on Tuesday

05 Aug 2020 Evaluate

The US markets ended higher after a choppy trading session Tuesday, with investors keeping one eye on stimulus talks in Washington and another on mixed corporate earnings. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ken said that he is prepared to support a coronavirus relief bill agreement between Democrats and the White House even is he has some problems with certain parts of it. However, uncertainty about a new stimulus contributed to the choppy trading seen for much of the day, as negotiators have thus far struggled to reach an agreement. Democrats and Trump administration officials said they made progress towards a deal during a meeting on Monday, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., noted the two sides still have our differences.

On the economic data front, a report released by the Commerce Department showed another substantial increase in new orders for US manufactured goods in the month of June. The Commerce Department said factory orders soared by 6.2 percent in June after skyrocketing by a revised 7.7 percent in May. Street had expected factory orders to jump by 5.0 percent compared to the 8.0 percent spike originally reported for the previous month. The bigger than expected increase in factory orders came as orders for durable goods surged up by 7.6 percent in June after soaring by 15.0 percent in May. Orders for transportation equipment led the increase in durable goods orders once again, skyrocketing by 20.2 percent in June.

Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 164.07 points 0.62 percent to 26,828.47, Nasdaq surged 38.37 points or 0.35 percent 10,941.17 and S&P 500 was up by 11.9 points or 0.36 percent to 3,306.51.


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