US markets close in green on Friday

13 Feb 2021 Evaluate

The US markets closed in green on Friday amid optimism about more fiscal stimulus and an easing of the coronavirus crisis. Also, investors looked toward signs that Washington is moving ahead with a spending bill. Markets showed a lackluster performance for much of the trading day but moved to the upside late in the session. The late buying helped markets to scaled new record closing highs. Profit taking contributed to modest weakness early in the trading session, although selling pressure remained subdued.

Meanwhile, traders largely shrugged off a preliminary report from the University of Michigan showing an unexpected deterioration in US consumer sentiment in the month of February. The University of Michigan said its consumer sentiment index fell to 76.2 in February after edging down to 79.0 in January. The drop came as a surprise to market participants, who had expected the index to inch up to 80.8. With the unexpected decrease, the consumer sentiment index slid to its lowest level since hitting 74.1 in August of 2020. Traders have recently looked at weak economic data as a positive for the markets amid the assumption that it will put pressure on lawmakers to provide more stimulus.

Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 27.70 points or 0.09 percent to 31,458.40, Nasdaq rose 69.70 points or 0.50 percent to 14,095.47 and S&P 500 was up by 18.45 points or 0.47 percent to 3,934.83.

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