The US markets ended lower on Tuesday as traders expressed some uncertainty about the near-term outlook for the markets following recent strength. The Dow and the S&P 500 both ended Monday’s trading at record closing highs, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq extended last week’s rally to reach its best closing level in well over a month. A quiet day on the US economic front also kept traders on the sidelines ahead of the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting on Wednesday. Reports on weekly jobless claims, the US trade deficit and producer price inflation may also attract attention in the coming days along with remarks by Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
Meanwhile, traders largely shrugged off news the International Monetary Fund raised its global growth projections for this year and next, citing huge fiscal stimulus in some big economies and a vaccine-driven recovery in the future. The world economy is set to grow 6.0 percent this year and 4.4 percent next year, the global lender said in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report. In a January update to the WEO, the IMF had projected growth of 5.5 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively. The latest projections are also stronger than those in the October WEO report.
Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 96.95 points or 0.29 percent to 33,430.24, Nasdaq declined 7.21 points or 0.05 percent to 13,698.38 and S&P 500 was down by 3.97 points or 0.1 percent to 4,073.94.
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