The US markets ended higher on Wednesday helped by banks and reopening stocks as the 10-year Treasury yield edged higher. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose as high as 1.352% Wednesday, hitting its highest level since earlier in the month when it yielded as much as 1.364%. Further, sentiments got boost amid continued optimism about growth and on hopes the Federal Reserve might not begin tapering its bond-buying program anytime soon. Investors looked ahead to the upcoming Jackson Hole Symposium. The Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is expected to provide cues on the central bank's tapering timeline.
At the virtual conference on Friday, the Federal Reserve's policymakers are expected to present a timeline for tapering the central bank's bond-buying program. On the economic data front, data released by the Commerce Department showed durable goods orders edged down by 0.1 percent in July following a 0.8 percent increase in June. Street had expected orders to decrease by 0.3 percent. Excluding a steep drop in orders for transportation equipment, durable goods orders climbed by 0.7 percent in July after rising by 0.6 percent in June. Ex-transportation orders were expected to increase by 0.5 percent.
Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 39.24 points or 0.11 percent to 35,405.5, Nasdaq rose 22.06 points or 0.15 percent to 15,041.86 and S&P 500 was up by 9.96 points or 0.22 percent to 4,496.19.
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