US markets end higher on Tuesday

27 Oct 2021 Evaluate

The US markets ended higher on Tuesday. The strength on markets reflected a largely positive reaction to the latest batch of earnings news from several big-name companies. Shares of UPS (UPS) moved sharply higher after the delivery giant reported third quarter results that exceeded street estimates on both the top and bottom lines. General Electric (GE) also moved to the upside after reporting better than expected third quarter earnings and raising its full-year guidance. Positive sentiment also has been generated in reaction to a report from the Commerce Department showing new home sales in the US skyrocketed in the month of September. The report said new home sales soared by 14.0 percent to an annual rate of 800,000 in September after falling by 1.4 percent to a downwardly revised rate of 702,000 in August. Street had expected new home sales to jump by 2.7 percent to an annual rate of 760,000 from the 740,000 originally reported for the previous month.

A separate report from the Conference Board showed consumer confidence reversed a three-month downward trend in October amid easing concerns about the Delta variant of the coronavirus. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index climbed to 113.8 in October from an upwardly revised 109.8 in September. The rebound surprised participants, who had expected the consumer confidence index to edge down to 109.0 from the 109.3 originally reported for the previous month. On the sectoral front, Tobacco stocks showed a substantial move to the downside, with the NYSE Arca Tobacco Index plunging by 4 percent. Computer hardware stocks also showed a notable move to the downside, as reflected by the 1.5 percent drop by the NYSE Arca Computer Hardware Index.

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 15.73 points or 0.04 percent to 35,756.88, Nasdaq surged 9.01 points or 0.06 percent to 15,235.71 and S&P 500 was up by 8.31 points or 0.18 percent to 4,574.79.

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