US markets end higher on Tuesday

16 Sep 2020 Evaluate

The US markets ended higher on Tuesday, amid continued rebound by technology stocks, with big-name companies like Tesla, Netflix, Oracle and Facebook posting standout gains. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve started its policy-setting meeting on Tuesday, which will be followed by a news conference and policy statement on Wednesday, while central-bank decisions from the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan are due on Thursday. The meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee also would be the first since the central bank introduced its new policy framework of average-inflation targeting. Traders largely shrugged off a report from the Fed showing growth in U.S. industrial production slowed by much more than expected in the month of August. The Fed said industrial production climbed by 0.4 percent in August after soaring by an upwardly revised 3.5 percent in July. Street had expected production to jump by 1.0 percent compared to the 3.0 percent spike originally reported for the previous month.

Import prices in the US saw another notable increase in the month of August, according to a report released by the Labor Department. The Labor Department said import prices climbed by 0.9 percent in August after jumping by an upwardly revised 1.2 percent in July. Street had expected import prices to rise by 0.5 percent compared to the 0.7 percent increase originally reported for the previous month. The stronger than expected import price growth was partly due to a jump in prices for fuel imports, which surged up by 3.3 percent in August after soaring by 15.1 percent in July. Higher prices for both petroleum and natural gas contributed to the advance. The report said prices for non-fuel imports also climbed by 0.7 percent in August after edging up by 0.2 percent in July, reflecting the biggest increase since April of 2011. Prices for non-fuel industrial supplies and materials led the way higher, spiking by 3.6 percent.

Dow Jones Industrial Average added 2.27 points or 0.01 percent to 27,995.6, Nasdaq rose 133.67 points or 1.21 percent 11,190.32 and S&P 500 was up by 17.66 points or 0.52 percent to 3,401.2.

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